Mambiloid languages
The mambiloiden languages ( short Mambiloid ) form a sub- unit of the northern bantoiden languages , a branch of the Benue - Congo languages , which in turn belong to the Niger - Congo.
The 12 mambiloiden languages are spoken by about 250,000 people in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. The most important language is the Mambila with 130,000 speakers.
Classification of Mambiloid within the Niger - Congo
- Niger - Congo > Volta - Congo > Benue - Congo > East Benue - Congo > Bantoid - Cross> Bantoid > North Bantoid > Mambiloid
Classification of mambiloiden Languages by Hedinger 1989
- Mambiloid Mambila - Konya Mambila (130 thousand speakers, 100 thousand in Nigeria, 30 thousand in Cameroon)
- Konya: Kwanja ( Konya ) (20 thousand), Twendi (almost †)
- Kamkam: Kamkam ( Mbongno ) ( 3 thousand ), Mwanip (100) Somyewe (almost †), Ndunda (300-400 )
- Njerep almost †
- Ndoola ( Ndoro ) (60 thousand)
- Suga (10 thousand), Bute (20 thousand), Wawa ( 3 thousand )