Bekwil language

{{Short description|Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Bekwel

|altname=

|nativename=

|states=Republic of Congo

|speakers={{sigfig|13,600|2}}

|date=2003–2007 in Congo and Gabon

|ref=e18

|speakers2=unknown number in Cameroon

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantu (Zone A)

|fam5=Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90)

|fam6=Ndzem–Bomwali

|fam7=Bekwilic

|iso3=bkw

|glotto=bekw1242

|glottorefname=Bekwil

|dia1=Nkonabeeb

|dia2=Bekwil

|guthrie=A.85a,b

}}

Bekwel (Bekwil) is a Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo. There are some 10,000 speakers there, with a quarter that number across the border in Gabon, and perhaps a similar on the opposite side in Cameroon. It is rather close to Nzime (Koonzime).

Maho (2009) considers Nkonabeeb (Konabembe) to be a dialect of Bekwil rather than of Mpumpong.