Bamwe
| Bamwe | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Spoken in |
Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| speaker | 20,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
||
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
|
| ISO 639 -2 |
- |
|
| ISO 639-3 | ||
Bamwe is a Bantu language that is spoken by around 20,000 people (1983 census) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
It is common in the Equateur and South Ubangi provinces .
Most speakers of the language speak Lingala as a second language , 20–30% of them can also write Lingala.
classification
Bamwe forms the Bangi-Ntomba group with the languages Bangi , Boko , Bolia , Bolondo , Bomboli , Bomboma , Bozaba , Dzando , Lobala , Mabaale , Moi , Ntomba , Sakata , Sengele and Yamongeri and belongs to Guthrie Zone C40.
Bamwe is related to the Dzando and Ndolo languages.