Bekwil language

{{Short description|Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo}} {{Infobox language |name=Bekwel |altname= |nativename= |states=[[Republic of Congo]] |speakers={{sigfig|13,600|2}} |date=2003–2007 in Congo and Gabon |ref=e18 |speakers2=unknown number in Cameroon<ref name=e18/> |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone A|Zone A]]) |fam5=[[Makaa–Njem languages|Makaa–Njem]] + Kako (A.80–90) |fam6=Ndzem–Bomwali |fam7=Bekwilic |iso3=bkw |glotto=bekw1242 |glottorefname=Bekwil |dia1=Nkonabeeb |dia2=Bekwil |guthrie=A.85a,b }}

'''Bekwel''' (Bekwil) is a [[Bantu language]] of the [[Republic of the Congo]]. There are some 10,000 speakers there, with a quarter that number across the border in Gabon, and perhaps a similar on the opposite side in Cameroon. It is rather close to [[Nzime language|Nzime]] (Koonzime).

Maho (2009) considers Nkonabeeb (Konabembe) to be a dialect of Bekwil rather than of [[Mpumpong language|Mpumpong]].

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[[Category:Languages of the Republic of the Congo]] [[Category:Makaa-Njem languages]]