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Njem language

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ISO 639-3
  
njy

Guthrie code
  
A.84

Glottolog
  
njye1238

Native to
  
Cameroon, Republic of Congo

Native speakers
  
(undated figure of 3,500 in Congo) 4,400 in Cameroon (2005)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantu (Zone A) Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90) Ndzem–Bomwali Njemic Njem

Njem (Njyem) is a Bantu language of Congo and Cameroon. Speakers are mostly (85%) monolingual, and many Baka Pygmies speak Njema as a second language.

References

Njem language Wikipedia