Nzime language

Nzime (Koonzime) is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Nzime and Dwe'e (Bajwe'e) people. Maho (2009) lists these as two languages.

Nzime
Koonzime, Koozime
Native toCameroon
EthnicityNzime, Dwe'e
Native speakers
40,000 (2011)[1]
Niger–Congo
Dialects
  • Koonzime
  • Bajue (Badwee)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ozm
Glottologkoon1245[2]
A.841,842[3]

References

  1. Nzime at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Koonzime". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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