Beng language

{{Short description|Mande language of Ivory Coast}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Beng

|nativename=Ngain

|region=Ivory Coast

|speakers=17,000

|date=1993

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam1=Niger–Congo

|fam2=Mande

|fam3=Eastern Mande

|fam4=South(east)ern

|fam5=Nwa–Beng?

|fam6=Gban–Beng?

|lc1=nhb|ld1=Beng

|lc2=gnj|ld2=Ngen

|glotto=beng1291

|glottoname=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.