Native to Cameroon Glottolog mane1268 | Native speakers 180,000 (1995–2004) | |
Ethnicity Bakossi, Mbo, Bakaka, Bassossi Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone A.15)
Manenguba ISO 639-3 Variously:
mbo – Mbo
bss – Akoose
bqz – Kaka (Central Mbo)
bsi – Sosi | ||
Manenguba, also known as Ngoe or the Mbo cluster, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is a dialect cluster spoken by several related peoples.
The name Manenguba is the mountain range the speakers live on. Ngoe is their legendary ancestor.
Dialects
The dialects in the cluster are:
There are many loan words from English, French and Douala. When speaking of technical subjects, speakers will often revert to Pidgin English or English.
References
Manenguba language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA