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Eastern Grassfields languages

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Geographicdistribution:
  
Glottolog:
  
mbam1249

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidGrassfieldsNarrowEastern Grassfields

Subdivisions:
  
BamilekeNgembaNkambeNun

The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Bamenda grassfields of Cameroon, are a branch of Southern Bantoid languages including Bamun, Yamba, and Bamileke.

There are four or five branches to the family:

  • Nkambe languages (north)
  • Mbam–Nkam
  • Ngemba languages
  • Bamileke languages
  • Nun languages
  • Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.

    References

    Eastern Grassfields languages Wikipedia


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