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
Cameroon
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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
References
Languages of Cameroon
Eastern Grassfields languages
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