Beng language explained

Beng
Nativename:Ngain
Region:Ivory Coast
Speakers:17,000
Date:1993
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam1:Niger–Congo
Fam2:Mande
Fam3:Eastern Mande
Fam4:South(east)ern
Fam5:Nwa–Beng?
Fam6:Gban–Beng?
Lc1:nhb
Ld1:Beng
Lc2:gnj
Ld2:Ngen
Glotto:beng1291
Glottoname:Bengic

Beng or Ben is a Mande language of Ivory Coast. The Ngen dialect, perhaps a closely related language, is spelled various ways, including Gan, Ngain, Ngan, Ngen, Ngin, and Nguin.

Paperno describes Beng and Gbin as two primary branches of Southern Mande.

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