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Medumba language

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Region
  
Cameroon

Native speakers
  
(210,000 cited 1991)

ISO 639-3
  
byv

Ethnicity
  
Bamileke

Dialects
  
Batongtou

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Bamileke Medumba

Medumba (Mə̀dʉ̂mbɑ̀) is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.The people who speak it originate from the Nde division with the main settlements in Bangangte, Bakong, Bangoulap, Bahouoc, Bagnoun and Tonga of the West region in Cameroon. It is one major Bamileke language.

Educational materials, literature, and dictionaries for the language are produced by the Comité de Langue pour l'Etude et la Production des Œuvres Bamiléké-Medumba (CEPOM), based in Bangangte.

References

Medumba language Wikipedia