Ngemba languages
The Ngemba languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
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Geographic distribution | Grassfields of western Cameroon |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo
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Glottolog | ngem1254[1] |
The languages are Awing (Mbwe'wi)–Bamukumbit, Bafut–Beba, Kpati, Mbili-Mbui (Bambili-Bambui), Mendankwe-Nkwen–Mankon–Mundum (Ngemba), Pinyin.
In the West and North West regions of Cameroon, languages are often referred to by the name of the village or town where they are spoken. For example, Ngeumba is a Bamileke language spoken in Bansoa, in the West region of Cameroon, and is referred to as Bansoa.
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Traditional clothing called Togho
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Another Togho
Culture
- Festivities among the ngemba
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngembaic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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