Benga

Facts

  • Language: Benga
  • Alternate names: Qaqet
  • Language code: bng
  • Language family: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Bube-Benga (A.34) (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers:
  • Vulnerability: Endangered
  • Script: Latin script, used since 1863.

More information:

    Together with Batanga (See: [[Batanga]]) they are called Boumba; Ndowe with Iyassa (See: [[Yasa]]), One (See: [[Yasa]]), Mari (See: [[Yasa]]), Bueko (See: [[Yasa]]), and Kombe (See: [[Kombe]]). A ‘Ndowe’, coastal people. 80% moved to Libreville, Gabon or Bata. Christian, traditional religion.

    Benga is spoken in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Africa.