Nun languages

Nun
Geographic
distribution
Grassfields of western Cameroon
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologmbam1253

The Nun languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamum (Mum) and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

The languages are:[1]

Bamum (Mum, Shu Paməm; Bapi dialect)
Baba (Bapa)
Bafanji (Fanji, Chufieʼ)
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

  1. ^ Roger Blench & Cameron Hamm (n.d.) The Nun Languages of the Grassfields of Cameroon