Mpiemo language explained

Mpiemo
Also Known As:Mbimu
States:Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo
Ethnicity:Mbimu
Speakers:29,000 in CAR and Cameroon
Date:1991–1996
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantu (Zone A)
Fam5:Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90)
Fam6:Ndzem–Bomwali
Fam7:Bekwilic
Fam8:Mpumpong
Iso3:mcx
Glotto:mpie1238
Glottorefname:Mpiemo
Guthrie:A.86c

Mpiemo (Bimu) is a Bantu language of the Central African Republic. The French: Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM, or "Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon") gives the name French: '''Mpo'''.[1]

There is little description of the language, but one team used Mpiemo data to test the ability of computer programs to analyze real language data.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Binam Bikoi. Charles. 2012. Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM). Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon. 1: Inventaire des langues. fr. Yaoundé. CERDOTOLA. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC). 9789956796069.
  2. Hammarström, Harald, Christina Thornell, Malin Petzell, and Torbjörn Westerlund. "Bootstrapping language description: The case of Mpiemo (Bantu A, Central African Republic)." In Sixth international conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, LREC 2008, 28–30 May 2008, Marrakech. 2008. downloadable