Ukhwejo
| Ukhwejo | ||
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Spoken in |
Central African Republic | |
| speaker | 2000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Ukhwejo (also Benkonjo) is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 2000 people in the Central African Republic (1996 census).
It is widespread in the economic prefecture of Sangha-Mbaéré south of Nola .
classification
Ukhwejo is a northwest Bantu language and belongs to the Makaa-Njem group , which is classified as Guthrie Zone A80.
It has the dialects Ukhwejo, Bikaka, Piiga and Kamsili (also Ngamsile).