Mbelime, or Niende, is an Eastern Oti-Volta

Gur language The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages. They are spoken in the Sahelian and savanna regions of West Africa, namely: in most areas of Burkina Faso, and in south-central Mali, northeastern ...

of northwestern

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

. Mbelime is spoken by approximately 131,000 people. There is a Mbelime dictionary.Sambiéni, N. Bienvenue, Merz, Johannes and Merz, Sharon (eds.). Mbelime – French Dictionary. Preliminary edition. SIL International. 2019

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