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ISO 639-3 · mqlmql
Niger–Congo family

Mbelime

Mbelime is a language of the Oti–Volta branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Benin and Togo. Wikidata counts about 24,500 speakers.

5 · DevelopingLatn24,500
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mql
Glottocode
mbel1240
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMbelime
Also calledMbelime language
All speakers24,500
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Mbelime

The branches above Mbelime, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch67Gurbranch22Oti–VoltabranchmqlMbelimelanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Benin46 languages in the indexTogo38 languages in the index

Also spoken in Benin

fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialyorYorubaNiger–Congo · 40 m2 · ProvincialfonFonNiger–Congo · 1.9 m3 · Wider CommunicationguwGunNiger–Congo · 1.5 m5 · DevelopingajgAdjaNiger–Congo · 1.1 m5 · DevelopingkbpKabiyeNiger–Congo · 1 m5 · DevelopingdopLukpaNiger–Congo · 160,0005 · DevelopingmklMokoleNiger–Congo · 39,6005 · DevelopingddnDendiNilo-Saharan · 32,0503 · Wider Communication