Kpwe language

Not to be confused with Mboko language.

Kpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.

Kpwe
Mokpwe
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Kpwe, Mboko
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 2000–2014)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Sawabantu (A.20) Kpwe
Dialects	Kole Mboko
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: bri – Kpwe bqm – Mboko (Wumboko) kme – Kole (Bakole)
Glottolog	mokp1239  Mokpwe wumb1241  Wumboko bako1250  Bakole
Guthrie code	A.21,22,231[2]
ELP	Bakole

People	Bekpak
Language	Rikpa

There are multiple variants of the name: based on 'Kpwe' (Bakpwe, Mokpwe), on 'Kpe' (Mokpe), on 'Kweɾi' (Kwedi, Kweli, Kwili, Kwiri, Bakwedi, Bakwele, Bakweri, Vakweli, Bekwiri), as well as Ujuwa, Vambeng.