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| Kwasio | |
|---|---|
| Ngumba, Kola | |
| Native to | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea |
| Region | along and near the coast at the border between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Kwasio, Gyele Pygmies |
Native speakers | (26,000 cited 1982–2012)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:nmg – Kwasio–Mvumbogyi – Gyele–Kola |
| Glottolog | mvum1239 |
A.81,801[2] | |
| ELP | Gyele |
The Kwasio language, also known as Ngumba / Mvumbo, Bujeba, and Gyele / Kola, is a language of Cameroon, spoken in the south along the coast and at the border with Equatorial Guinea by some 70,000[citation needed] members of the Ngumba, Kwasio, Gyele and Mabi peoples.[citation needed] Many authors[4][5][6] view Kwasio and the Gyele/Kola language as distinct. In the Ethnologue, the languages therefore receive different codes: Kwasio has the ISO 639-3 code nmg,[7] while Gyele has the code gyi.[8] The Kwasio, Ngumba, and Mabi are village farmers; the Gyele (also known as the Kola or Koya) are nomadic Pygmy hunter-gatherers living in the rain forest. The Bagyeli (the name the speakers of the language have given themselves) are mostly forager and hunters. They use dogs, traps, machetes, spears, and nets to hunt and catch animals for food. Deforestation has affected their subsistence, and they have recently begun to benefit from selling baskets and meat to tourists. [9]
- ^ Kwasio–Mvumbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Gyele–Kola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Grimm, Nadine (2021). A grammar of Gyeli (pdf). Berlin: Language Science Press. p. 511. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4737370. ISBN 978-3-98554-007-5.
- ^ Rénaud, Patrick (1976). Le bajeli. Phonologie, morphologie nominale. Vol. 1 et 2. Yaoundé: Les Dossiers de l'ALCAM. p. 27.
- ^ Grimm, Nadine (2015). A Grammar of Gyeli. Humboldt University Berlin: PhD thesis. p. 8.
- ^ Maho, Jouni F. (2009). "New Updated Guthrie List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Ethnologue: Kwasio". Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Ethnologue: Gyele". Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ Grimm, Nadine (2021). A Grammar of Gyeli. Berlin: Language Science Press p.23.