Talk:Be languages

Pronunciation of Ong Be
The circumflex on the vowels in no IPA symbol. What does it represent? vowel quality or tones?

Requested move 20 May 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 16:33, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Ong Be language → Be language – "Ong" means 'person.' "Be" is the actual language name. "Ong Be" means Be people, so the preferred name is "Be." Sources: Liang (1997) and Norquest (p.c.). &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 06:39, 20 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Support as this is the form used in the titles of most English-language sources in the bibliography at glottolog . "Be" also seems preferable to glottolog's own term "Lingao", which is an exonym apparently confined to the Chinese literature. – Uanfala (talk) 08:54, 20 May 2018 (UTC)


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Name of the language
What is the correct name of language? Be, Ong-Be or Lingao? Why some sources call it Ong Be if Ong means people? 87.6.242.83 (talk) 18:51, 4 March 2023 (UTC)