Yeni language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

  • Atlantic - Congo Benue - Congo Bantoide languages Mambiloide languages Mambila - Konya

Yei

The Yeni language is an extinct language of bantoide Cameroon, which was formerly spoken around the mountain Djeni in Nyalang area.

The existence of the language could still be found in 1995. The only remaining monument language was the text of a song, to which some Sandani spokesman could remember. A lexical comparison had a relationship Yeni to mambiloiden languages ​​Cambap, Njerep and Kasabe recognize.

The Speaker of the Yeni went mostly to about the languages ​​that are official and teaching languages ​​of Cameroon since the British and French colonial rule - namely English and French - to take over.

Language family Atlantic languages Languages of Cameroon Njerep language
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