Ngemba languages

Ngemba
Geographic; distribution	Grassfields of western Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Ngemba; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Glottolog	ngem1254[1]

The Ngemba languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

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.

Traditional clothing called Togho

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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[Glottolog-1] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngembaic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.