Nun languages

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.

Nun
Geographic
distribution
Grassfields of western Cameroon
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Glottologmbam1253

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

  1. Roger Blench & Cameron Hamm (n.d.) The Nun Languages of the Grassfields of Cameroon


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