Kwasio | |
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Ngumba, Kola | |
Native to | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea |
Region | along and near the coast at the border between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea |
Ethnicity | Kwasio, Gyele Pygmies |
Native speakers | (26,000 cited 1982–2012)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:nmg – Kwasio–Mvumbogyi – Gyele–Kola |
Glottolog | mvum1239 |
A.81,801 [2] | |
ELP | Gyele |
The Kwasio language, also known as Ngumba / Mvumbo, Bujeba, and Gyele / Kola, is a language of Cameroon, spoken in the south along the coast and at the border with Equatorial Guinea by some 70,000[citation needed] members of the Ngumba, Kwasio, Gyele and Mabi peoples.[citation needed] Many authors[4][5][6] view Kwasio and the Gyele/Kola language as distinct. In the Ethnologue, the languages therefore receive different codes: Kwasio has the ISO 639-3 code nmg,[7] while Gyele has the code gyi.[8] The Kwasio, Ngumba, and Mabi are village farmers; the Gyele (also known as the Kola or Koya) are nomadic Pygmy hunter-gatherers living in the rain forest.