Bekwil
Bekwil is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon, Congo - Brazzaville, and Gabon.
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Bekwel (Bekwil) is a Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo. There are some 10,000 speakers there, with a quarter that number across the border in Gabon, and perhaps a similar on the opposite side in Cameroon. It is rather close to Nzime (Koonzime).
Maho (2009) considers Nkonabeeb (Konabembe) to be a dialect of Bekwil rather than of Mpumpong.
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Words in Bekwil
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ot* | |
| name | in* | |
| eye | is* | |
| ear | lo* | |
| nose | o* | |
| tooth | ETE* | |
| tongue | Tem* | |
| blood | Tia* | |
| bone | Tuis* | |
| skin | kuor* | |
| knee | boN* | |
| breast | bel* | |
| liver | bal* | |
| water | di* | |
| fire | u* | |
| sun | duo* | |
| star | kuikuin* | |
| stone | kola* | |
| mountain | Cuk* | |
| tree | li* | |
| leaf | ka* | |
| night | pum* | |
| dog | biE* | |
| fish | su* | |
| louse | dEbEl* | |
| one | wat* | |
| two | ba* | |
| drink | dE* | |
| see | be* | |
| hear | ghuak* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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