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Makaa–Njem languages

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Glottolog:
  
maka1323

Makaa–Njem languages

Geographic distribution:
  
Southern Cameroon and neighboring areas

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone A.80–90) Makaa–Njem

Subdivisions:
  
Mvumboic (Kwasio) Pomo–Bomwali

The Makaa–Njem languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. They are coded Zone A.80 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), adding the Kako languages (Guthrie's A.90) forms a valid node, called Pomo–Bomwali (Kairn Klieman 1997).

Languages

The Guthrie Kako (A.90) languages are:

Kwakum Pol (Pomo, Kweso) Kako.

The Guthrie Makaa–Njem (A.80) languages are:

Maho (2009) adds Shiwe (Oshieba) of central Gabon.

Glottolog classifies the languages as follows:

  • Mvumboic: Gyele, Kwasio, Shiwe
  • Pomo–Bomwali
  • Kako (A.90): Kako, Kwakum, Pomo
  • Ndzem–Bomwali
  • Bekwilic: Bekwil, Mpiemo–Ukhwejo, Mpongmpong
  • Bomwali
  • Makaaic: Byep, Kol, Makaa, So
  • Njemic: Koonzime, Njyem
  • Yambe

    • References

    Makaa–Njem languages Wikipedia
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