Grassfields Bantu languages

The grassland languages ​​form a large subunit of southern bantoiden languages ​​, a branch of the Benue - Congo languages ​​, which in turn belong to the language family of the Niger - Congo languages ​​.

The approximately 70 Prairie languages ​​are spoken by around 2.5 million people in the Cameroon grasslands in the west of the country Cameroon. Larger languages ​​( with 100-300 thousand speakers ) there is mainly in the Bamileke group; This information can include Ghomala, Yemba, Medumba, Fe'fe ' and Ngiemboon. Other languages ​​with at least 100,000 speakers are Bamun, Ngemba (including Bafut ), meta ', Kom and Lamnso '.

Position of the grasslands of languages ​​within the Niger - Congo

  • Niger - Congo > Volta - Congo > Benue - Congo > East Benue - Congo > Bantoid - Cross> Bantoid > South Bantoid > Prairie languages

Internal classification of grassland languages

  • Grassland West Momo: Ambele, Atong, Busam
  • Menchum: Befang ( Menchum )
  • Grasslands in the strict sense Bamileke Nkam Bamileke: Ghomala (250 thousand), Yemba (300 thousand), Medumba (210 thousand), Fe'fe ' (125 thousand), Ngiemboon (100 thousand), NGOMBA (65 thousand), Ngombale (65 thousand), Ngwe (50 thousand), Mengaka (20 thousand), Nda'nda (10 thousand), Kwa ' ( Bakwa )
  • Ngemba: Ngemba (70 thousand), Mendankwe (10 thousand), Pinyin (25 thousand), Bafut (50 thousand), Bambili (10 thousand), Bamukumbit (19 thousand), Bambuluwe, Kpati †
  • Nkambe: Limbum (80 thousand) Yamba (40 thousand), Mfumte (25 thousand), Ndaktup, Dzodinka, Kwaja, Mbe '
  • Now: Bamun (200 thousand), Mungaka (50 thousand), Baba (15 thousand), Bambaölang (15 thousand), Bagolan (10 thousand), Bafanji (10 thousand), Bamali, Bamenyam
  • Center: Kom ( 130 thousand), Bafumen (65 thousand), Oku (40 thousand), Babanki, Bum
  • West: Oso (30 thousand), AGHEM (25 thousand), Isu (190 thousand), Laimbue, woe, Fungom
  • South: Bamunka (15 thousand), Kenswei NSEI (15 thousand), Babungo ( Vengo ) (24 thousand), Wushi (15 thousand)
  • East: Lamnso ' ( Nso, Banso ) (130 thousand)

Speaker numbers below 10,000 are not specified.

Bamileke languages Medumba language Ngiemboon language Bamum language Fut language Kom language Ambele language Atong language (Grassfields Bantu) Busam language Menchum language Yemba language Ngombale language Ngwe language Məgaka language Pinyin language Bamukumbit language Awing language Limbum language Yamba language Dzodinka language Nga'ka language Papia language Bambalang language Bangolan language Fanji language Bamali language Menyam language Mundani language Ngie language Ngwo language Menka language Njen language Oku language Babanki language Aghem language Munka language Vengo language Wushi language Nso language SIL International
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