Beng language

Beng
Beng
Ngain
Region	Ivory Coast
Native speakers	(17,000 cited 1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo Mande Eastern Mande South(east)ern Nwa–Beng? Gban–Beng? Beng; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; nhb – Beng; gnj – Ngen
Glottolog	beng1291 Bengic

Beng or Ben is a Mande language of Ivory Coast. The Ngen dialect, perhaps a closely related language, is spelled various ways, including Gan, Ngain, Ngan, Ngen, Ngin, and Nguin.

Paperno describes Beng and Gbin as two primary branches of Southern Mande.

References

^ Beng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Ngen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

Grammatical sketch of Beng^{[permanent dead link]}

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[e18-1] Beng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Ngen at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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