Eastern Grassfields languages
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The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Bamenda grassfields of Cameroon
, are a branch of Bantoid languages including Bamun, Yamba, and Bamileke
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There are four or five branches to the family:
Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, are a branch of Bantoid languages including Bamun, Yamba, and Bamileke
Bamileke languages
Bamileke is a group of languages spoken by the Bamileke in the western grasslands of Cameroon.The languages, which might constitute two branches of Eastern Grassfields, are:...
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There are four or five branches to the family:
- Nkambe languagesNkambe languagesThe Nkambe languages are a group of languages spoken by the Yamba and related peoples of the western grasslands of Cameroon.The languages are Dzodinka, Kwaja, Limbum, Mbə’, Ndaktup, Mfumte, Yamba....
(north) - Mbam–Nkam
- Ngemba languagesNgemba languagesThe Ngemba languages are a dialect cluster of Grassfields Bantu languages of the western grasslands of Cameroon.The languages are Awing, Bambili-Bambui, Bafut, Beba, Bamukumbit, Kpati, Mendankwe-Nkwen, Mankon, Mbatu, Chomba, Akum Ngemba, Pinyin....
- Bamileke languagesBamileke languagesBamileke is a group of languages spoken by the Bamileke in the western grasslands of Cameroon.The languages, which might constitute two branches of Eastern Grassfields, are:...
- Nun languagesNun languagesThe Nun languages are a group of languages spoken by the Bamun and related peoples of the western grasslands of Cameroon.The languages are Bamun, Bamali, Baba, Bamenyam, Bafanji, Bangolan, Bambalang, Mungaka....
- Ngemba languages
Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.