Bamun
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Bamum, also spelled Bamoum, Bamun, or Bamoun, may refer to:
- The Bamum peopleBamum peopleThe Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are an ethnic group of Cameroon with around 215,000 members.-Religion:...
- The Bamum kingdom
- The Bamum languageBamum languageBamum , or in its French spelling Bamoun, is one of the Benue–Congo languages of Cameroon, with approximately a quarter million speakers. The language is well-known for its original script developed by King Njoya and his palace circle around 1895...
- The Bamum scriptBamum scriptThe Bamum scripts are an evolutionary series of six scripts created for the Bamum language by King Njoya of Cameroon at the turn of the 20th century...