Mbelime language explained

Mbelime
States:Benin
Date:2006
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Northern
Fam5:Oti–Volta
Fam6:Eastern (Somba)
Minority: Benin
Iso3:mql
Glotto:mbel1240
Glottorefname:Mbelime

Mbelime, or Niende, is an Eastern Oti-Volta Gur language of northwestern Benin. Mbelime is spoken by approximately 131,000 people.[1] [2] There is a Mbelime dictionary.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Roberts. David. Boyd. Ginger. Merz. Johannes. Vydrin. Valentin. 2020. Quantifying written ambiguities in tone languages: A comparative study of Elip, Mbelime, and Eastern Dan. Language Documentation & Conservation. en-US. 14. 108–138. 1934-5275.
  2. Merz, Johannes. 2017. Frictions et inversion de modernité: Portrait de la Com- mune de Cobly dans l’Atacora du Bénin. SIL Electronic Working Papers 2017-001. https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/68776.
  3. Sambiéni, N. Bienvenue, Merz, Johannes and Merz, Sharon (eds.). Mbelime – French Dictionary. Preliminary edition. SIL International. 2019

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