Ngie language

Ngie
Pronunciation	ŋɡiə
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	37,000 (2001)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Momo Ngie; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Mengum;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ngj
Glottolog	ngie1242[2]

Ngie is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. A variety called Mengum is only 56% lexically similar, and so should perhaps be considered a distinct language.

References

Ngie at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngie". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] Ngie at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngie". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.