Myene language
| Myene | |
|---|---|
| Omyene | |
| Native to | Gabon |
| Region | Ogooue-Maritime Province, Middle Ogooue Province |
| Ethnicity | Myene (Mpongwe, Adyumba, Nkomi, Galwa), Bongo |
Native speakers | 45,000 (2007) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mye |
| Glottolog | myen1241 |
B.11 | |
Myene is a cluster of closely related Bantu varieties spoken in Gabon by about 46,000 people. It is perhaps the most divergent of the Narrow Bantu languages, though Nurse & Philippson (2003) place it in with the Tsogo languages (B.30). The more distinctive varieties are Mpongwe (Pongoué), Galwa (Galloa), and Nkomi.