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Benga is a Bantu language spoken by the Benga people of Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. It has a dialectal variation called Bapuku. Benga speakers inhabit a small coastal portion of Río Muni, the Cape of San Juan, suburban enclaves of Rio Benito and Bata, the islands of Corisco, Small Elobey and Great Elobey.

Benga
bɛŋga
Native to	Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
Ethnicity	Benga people
Native speakers	5,400 (2004–2011)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Sawabantu (A.30) Benga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bng
Glottolog	beng1282
Guthrie code	A.34[2]
ELP	Benga

See also

• Bube language

References

• James L. Mackey (1892). Grammar of the Benga-Bantu language. American Tract Society. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• James L. Mackey (1855). A grammar of the Benga language. Mission House, 23 Centre Street. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• Dictionary of the English and Benga languages. Mission House. 1879. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• Francisco Salvadó y Cos (1891). Colección de apuntes preliminares sobre la lengua benga: ó sea, Introducción a una gramática de este idióma que se habla en la isla de Corisco, pueblos de su bahía é islas adyacentes. Impr. de A. Pérez Cubrull. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

External links

• Presentation of the Benga language by linguist Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda

Texts

• Malěndwě ma holi ma panga ya vyo: Na Benga ... American Bible society. 1898. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• Westminster assembly of divine (1858). The Shorter Catechism, in the Benga Language. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• American Bible Society (1893). Panga ea kya, ekulu ya bebale...: The New Testament in the Benga language... American Bible Society. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
• The gospel according to Matthew: translated into the Benga language. American Bible Society. 1881. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

На других языках

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[de] Benga (Sprache)

Benga ist eine Bantusprache und wird von circa 4100 Menschen in Äquatorialguinea und Gabun gesprochen.

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- [en] Benga language

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[es] Idioma benga

El idioma benga, también llamado boumba o ndowé[2] es una lengua africana dentro del grupo de las lenguas bantúes. Hablada en zonas costeras de la región continental de Guinea Ecuatorial y Gabón.

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[fr] Benga (langue)

Le benga est une langue bantoue parlée principalement en Guinée équatoriale, sur l'île de Corisco et dans la Région continentale, ainsi qu'au Gabon, au nord de Libreville.

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