Kemezung language
Kemezung (Dumbo, Dumbu, Dzumbo, Kumaju) is a Southern Bantoid (Eastern Beboid) language of Cameroon. According to Ethnologue, it's 85% lexically similar to Bebe.[1]
| Kemezung | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Northwest Province, Donga-Mantung Division, Southwest corner of Ako Subdivision, Northwest of Nkambé, town of Dumbu and village of Kwei. |
Native speakers | 3,540 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dmo |
| Glottolog | keme1240 |
Notes
- Kemezung at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
References
- Cox, Bruce. 2005. Notes on the Phonology of Kemezung. ms. Yaoundé: SIL
- Brye, Edward and Elizabeth Brye. 2004. "Intelligibility testing survey of Bebe and Kemezung and synthesis of sociolinguistic research of the Eastern Beboid cluster." SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2004-011: 18 p. http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2004-011
- Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
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