Bankon language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Bantu languages Bankon

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Abb

Bankon (also Abaw, Abo, Bo and Bon ) is a Bantu language and is spoken by about 12,000 people in Cameroon.

It is distributed in the district Moungo in the Littoral Province.

Classification

Bankon is a Northwest Bantu language and belongs to Basaa group that is classified as Guthrie Zone A40.

Approximately 86 % of the vocabulary have similarities with the vocabulary of the language Barombi.

Language family Moungo (department) Basaa languages Malcolm Guthrie Kogo language Rombi language
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