Ngemba languages explained

Ngemba
Region:Grassfields of western Cameroon and Taraba State, Nigeria
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Fam6:Southern Bantoid
Fam7:Grassfields
Fam8:Eastern Grassfields
Fam9:Mbam-Nkam
Glotto:ngem1254
Glottorefname:Ngembaic

The Ngemba languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

The languages are Awing (Mbweʼwi), BafutBeba, Bambili Mbeligi, Mbui Bambui, Mendankwe-NkwenMankonMundum (Ngemba), Pinyin, Alatening, Chomba, Mbetuʼu, Akum.Babadjou and Bamessingue in the west region are also Nguemba but mostly considered otherwise because they are not in the Northwest region of Cameroon.

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, Ghomáláʼ is a Bamileke language spoken in Batié, in the West Region of Cameroon, and is referred to as Batié.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cameroon. 2021-02-09. Ethnologue. en.