Ngemba languages
| Ngemba | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Grassfields of western Cameroon |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo |
| Glottolog | ngem1254[1] |
The Ngemba languages are a dialect cluster of Grassfields languages of the Western grassfields of Cameroon.
The languages are Awing (Mbwe'wi)–Bamukumbit, Bafut–Beba, Kpati, Mbili-Mbui (Bambili-Bambui), Mendankwe-Nkwen–Mankon–Mundum (Ngemba), Pinyin.
In the West and North West regions of Cameroon, languages are often referred to by the name of the village or town where they are spoken. For example, Ngeumba is a Bamileke language spoken in Bansoa, in the West region of Cameroon, and is referred to as Bansoa.
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngembaic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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