Besme language

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Besme
Native to Chad
Native speakers
(1,200 cited 1993 census) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bes
Glottolog besm1235
ELP Besme

Besme is an Adamawa language of Chad. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Kim and Goundo.

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References

  1. Besme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)