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
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."

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.

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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