Mamfe languages

The Mamfe or Nyang languages are three languages that form a branch of Southern Bantoid languages spoken in southwest Cameroon. They are:

Denya, Kendem and Kenyang (Nyang).
Mamfe
Nyang
Geographic
distribution
Southwest Cameroon
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Glottologmamf1238
The Mamfe languages shown within Cameroon:
  Denya
  Kendem

They are clearly related to each other, though they are not close.[1]

References

  1. Blench, Roger (2011). "'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu" (PDF). Berlin: Humboldt University. p. 21.


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