Kpwe language

Kpwe is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko as well.
There are multiple variants of the name: based on 'Kpwe', on 'Kpe', on 'Kweɾi', as well as Ujuwa and Vambeng.

Phonology

The Kpwe phonological inventory is as follows,

Vowels

Consonants

^§, the 'liquidized alveolar fricative', may be realized as,, or. This sound is rendered in some sources, and is cognate to in Bubia.
and in parentheses are only found in loans, while is very uncommon and in many inflections freely alternates as.

Tone

Kpwe contrasts five tones on short syllables: high, downstepped high, low, rising and falling.

Literature

The first portions of the Bible were made available in Mokpwe in 2009. This was followed by the New Testament, translated with help from the Bakweri Language and Literacy Association, on 29 March 2025. The New Testament is available online, in places such as YouVersion.