Gbeya language

Not to be confused with Suma-Jumano language.

Gbeya
Native to	Central African Republic
Native speakers	ca. 250,000 (1996–2005)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Savannas Gbaya Western Bokoto–Bozom Gbeya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `gbp` – Gbaya-Bossangoa `sqm` – Suma
Glottolog	`gbey1244`^[2]

Gbeya (Gbɛ́yá, Gbaya-Bossangoa) is a Gbaya language of the Central African Republic. Ethnologue reports it may be mutually intelligible with Bozom.

References

↑ Gbaya-Bossangoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Suma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gbeya–Suma". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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