Mbule language
Mbule, also called Dumbule or Mbola, is an endangered Southern Bantoid language spoken by a few people in central Cameroon.
| Mbule | |
|---|---|
| Region | southwestern Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Yambassa |
Native speakers | 110 (2009)[1] |
Niger–Congo
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mlb |
| Glottolog | mbul1262[2] |
A.623[3] | |
The language is spoken in Mbola village in the South Bokito commune, Mbam-et-Inoubou department of the Centre Region, Cameroon. As reported in 2009, there were just 110 speakers of the languages, none of whom were monolingual.[1]
References
- Mbule at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Mbule". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Further reading
- BOONE, Douglas W. (1992). "A Sociolinguistic Survey in Mbola: Mbule Survey Report" (PDF). SIL Cameroon. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
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