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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–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantu (Zone A)Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90)Ndzem–BomwaliNjemicNjem

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


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