Mbe language
| Mbe | |
|---|---|
| M̀bè | |
| Pronunciation | [m̀bè] |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Ogoja, Cross River State |
| Ethnicity | Mbube people |
Native speakers | 65,000 (2011) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mfo |
| Glottolog | mbee1249 |
| People | Mbube |
|---|---|
| Language | M̀bè |
Mbe is a language spoken by the Mbube people of the Ogoja, Cross River State region of Nigeria, numbering about 65,000 people in 2011. As the closest relative of the Ekoid family of the Southern Bantoid languages, Mbe is fairly close to the Bantu languages. It is tonal and has a typical Niger–Congo noun-class system.