Nun languages
Appearance
Nun | |
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Geographic distribution | Grassfields of western Cameroon |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | mbam1253 |
The Nun languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamum (Mum) and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
The languages are:[1]
- Bamum (Mum, Shu Paməm; Bapi dialect)
- Baba (Bapa)
- Bafanji (Fanji, Chufieʼ)
- Bangolan (Ngolan)
- Bambalang (Mbalang, Chrambo)
- Mungaʼka (Ngaaka)
- dialects: Li (Bali Nyonga), Ndeng (Bandeng), Ti (Bati)
- core: Bamali (Mali, Chopechop), Bamenyan (Mamenyan), Bamukumbit (Mankong), Ndzerem
References
[edit]- ^ Roger Blench & Cameron Hamm (n.d.) The Nun Languages of the Grassfields of Cameroon