Mbere language

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Mbere
Mbete, Limbede
Native toCongo, Gabon
Ethnicity Ambede
Native speakers
110,000 (2000) [1]
Dialects
  • Ngwii
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mdt
Glottolog mber1257
B.61 [2]

Mbere (Mbede, Mbete) is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Congo and Gabon.

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References

  1. Mbere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online