Bebil (''Gbïgbïl'') is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
The t ...
of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
. It is
mutually intelligible
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort. It is sometimes used as an ...
with other
Beti dialects.
There are 6,000 speakers (according to Nguetse Mezatio Tsague in 2003) in the Eastern Region, in the communes of
Diang and
Belabo in
Lom-et-Djerem
Lom-et-Djerem is a department of East Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 26,345 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 228,691. The capital of the department lies at Bertoua.
Subdivisions
The department is divided ...
department.
References
Beti languages
Languages of Cameroon
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