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The Nun languages are a group of
Eastern Grassfields languages The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, are a branch of the Grassfields languages including Bamun, Yamba and Bamileke. There are four or five branches to the family: * Nkambe languages (north) * ...
spoken by the Bamum (Mum) and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of
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. The languages are:Roger Blench & Cameron Hamm (n.d.) ''The Nun Languages of the Grassfields of Cameroon'' : Bamum (Mum, ''Shu Paməm''; Bapi dialect) : Baba (Bapa) : Bafanji (Fanji, ''Chufie'') : Bangolan (Ngolan) : Bambalang (Mbalang, ''Chrambo'') : Mungaʼka (Ngaaka) ::dialects: Li (Bali Nyonga), Ndeng (Bandeng), Ti (Bati) :core: Bamali (Mali, ''Chopechop''), Bamenyan (Mamenyan), Bamukumbit (Mankong), Ndzerem


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Languages of Cameroon Eastern Grassfields languages {{Cameroon-lang-stub