Native to Cameroon ISO 639-3 bby | Native speakers 3,000 (2000) Glottolog befa1241 | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Grassfields?
Momo–Tivoid?
Menchum Dialects Modele–Ushaku
Bangui–Befang–Obang
Okoromandjang | ||
Menchum, or Befang, is a divergent Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It may be a Grassfields language or closer to Tivoid.
Befang is the local town, and also the name of the Menchum dialect spoken there.
References
Menchum language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA