The Yeni language is an
extinct language
An extinct language is a language that no longer has any speakers, especially if the language has no living descendants. In contrast, a dead language is one that is no longer the native language of any community, even if it is still in use, ...
of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
, formerly spoken around Djeni Mountain in the
Nyalang area. All that remains of the language, apparently, is a song remembered by some
Sandani speakers. However, according to Bruce Connell (the first linguist to report its existence, in 1995), comparison of the song's words to neighboring languages suggests that "it was closely related to
he Mambiloid_languages.html" ;"title="he he Mambiloid languagesCambap language">Cambap, Njerep language">Njerep, and Kasabe language">Kasabe."
MORIBUND LANGUAGES OF THE NIGERIA-CAMEROON BORDERLAND
/ref>
Bibliography
* Connell, B. (1995). ''Dying Languages and the Complexity of the Mambiloid Group''. Paper presented at the 25th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics, Leiden.
References
Extinct languages of Africa
Languages of Cameroon
Mambiloid languages
{{Bantoid-lang-stub