Bukwen language

Bukwen
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	(undated figure of 1,000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Western Beboid (geographic) Mundabli–Buu Bukwen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	buz
Glottolog	bukw1238

Bukwen is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is spoken in a single village south of Takum, just across the Cameeroonian border from Furu Awa. The only data on Bukwen is found in a 1971 survey report by Robert Koops. Based on this limited data, it appears to be a Western Beboid language of the Mundabli–Buu group.

References

1. Bukwen at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)

• Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
• Blench, Roger, 2025. The classification of the Bukwen language [buz] spoken in Mairogo, SE Nigeria