Mbre language

Mbre
Pere
Pεrε
Native toIvory Coast
RegionMarabadiassa
Native speakers
50 (2017)[1]
Niger–Congo?
  • Unclassified
    • Mbre
Language codes
ISO 639-3mka
Glottologmbre1244
ELPMbre

Mbre or Pere, known as Pεrε among themselves and as Bεrε by the locally dominant Koro, also spelled Pre and Bre, is a moribund language of the Ivory Coast.

It was first described in an unpublished manuscript by Denis Creissels. A grammar, dictionary and texts have been published by Jeffrey Heath and Brahima Tioté.

  1. ^ Mbre at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon