Endangered Languages Project - Benga

Benga

^{[aka Qaqet,]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Qaqet
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Southern Bantoid
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bng
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Endangered Languages in Central Africa” (163-178) . Bruce Connell (2007) , Matthias Brenzinger · Mouton de Gruyter

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Spoken by small groups of old people."

TRANSMISSION

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,100
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Equatorial Guinea: Corisco Island, Rio Muni. Gabon: North of Libreville, Bata.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

PLACES: Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Equatorial Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Benga wordt in Equatoriaal-Guinea gesproken door zo'n 3.000 mensen in Río Muni en op het eiland Corisco, en door een klein, niet nader gespecificeerd aantal, in Gabon."

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press