Benga | |
Nativename: | bɛŋga |
States: | Equatorial Guinea, Gabon |
Ethnicity: | Benga people |
Speakers: | 5,400 |
Date: | 2004–2011 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone A) |
Fam6: | Sawabantu (A.30) |
Iso3: | bng |
Glotto: | beng1282 |
Glottorefname: | Benga |
Guthrie: | A.34 |
Benga is a Bantu language spoken by the Benga people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It has a dialectal variation called Bapuku. Benga speakers inhabit a small coastal portion of Río Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of Corisco, Small Elobey and Great Elobey.