Ngemba languages

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

This article is about a group of languages in Cameroon. For the ISO language name Ngemba, see Mankon language. For the Aboriginal Australian language Ngemba, see Ngiyambaa language.
Ngemba
Geographic
distribution		Grassfields of western Cameroon and Taraba State, Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Glottologngem1254

The languages are Awing (Mbweʼwi), Bafut–Beba, Bambili Mbeligi, Mbui Bambui, Mendankwe-Nkwen–Mankon–Mundum (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]

Traditional clothing called Togho
Another Togho

References
  1. "Cameroon". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2021-02-09.


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