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Ring languages

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Geographicdistribution
  
Nigeria and Cameroon

Glottolog
  
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Linguistic classification
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidGrassfieldsNarrowRing

The Ring or Ring Road languages, spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon, are sister group to the Bantu languages. The best known Ring language is Kom.

The family is named after the old Ring Road of central Cameroon.

Languages

  • Center: Babanki, Mmen, Kom, Bum, Kung, Kuk, Oku
  • East: Nso (Lamnso')
  • North: Vengo, Wushi, Bamunka, Kenswei Nsei
  • West: Aghem, Isu, Laimbue, Weh, Zhoa

    • References

    Ring languages Wikipedia
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