Introduction

The Mpyemo (Mpiemo) language group of the Central African Republic has a population of over 29,000. Most of the group lives in Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture: Gamboula subprefecture; Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture: Nola subprefecture.

Mpyemo is classified as: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Makaa-Njem (A.86). The ISO code is [mcx]. There are three dialects: Jasoa (Jasua), Bidjuki (Bidjouki), and Mpyemo. The Jasua dialect spoken by most people and well understood by others.