The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon...
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The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, are a branch of the Grassfields languages including Bamun, Yamba and...
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Bamileke people (section Languages)
Bantu language clustered closely with Grassfields speakers. Some of the Bamileke who speak Grassfields languages clustered closely with Narrow Bantu speakers...
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The Southwest Grassfields, traditionally called Western Momo when considered part of the Momo group or when Momo is included in Grassfields, are a small...
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Road languages, spoken in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon, form a branch of the Narrow Grassfields languages. The best-known Ring language is Kom...
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Furu Mamfe Ekoid–Mbe: Ekoid, Mbe Grassfields: Ring, Eastern Grassfields (Mbam–Nkam), Momo, ? Ndemli, Southwest Grassfields (Western Momo), ? Ambele Narrow...
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The Bamileke languages (Bamileke languages: Bamiléké) are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamileke people in the Western High Plateau...
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in common with Grassfields languages. The status of Buru within Tivoid is also uncertain. SIL Ethnologue lists three additional languages, Manta, Balo and...
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Nun (disambiguation) (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
figure) Nun (letter), in many Semitic alphabets Nun languages, a group of Eastern Grassfields languages Nun Mountain, a summit in Alaska Nun pigeon Nun River...
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Tikar people (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
They also have an extensive spiritual system of ancestral reverence. Grassfields ethnic groups make up approximately 9.9% of Cameroon's population. This...
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The Ngemba languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. The languages are Awing (Mbweʼwi), Bafut–Beba...
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(25th ed., 2022) Roger Blench & Cameron Hamm (n.d.) The Nun Languages of the Grassfields of Cameroon Ngaʼka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
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The Beboid languages are any of two families of Southern Bantoid languages spoken principally in southwest Cameroon, although two (Bukwen and Mashi) are...
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(Bafmeng) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. As a Centre Ring language of Narrow Grassfields, a subdivision of Wide Grassfields within the Southern...
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Bantoid languages, which are the languages immediately ancestral to Bantu. These include Mambiloid, Ekoid of Cross River State, Bendi, Beboid, Grassfields and...
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Busam is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. Busam at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e...
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The Momo languages are a group of Grassfields languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. The languages are: Meta' (Moghamo)–Ngamambo, Mundani...
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[ʃŷpǎˑmə̀m] 'language of the Bamum', or Shümom 'Mum language'), also known as Shupamem, Bamun, or Bamoun, is an Eastern Grassfields language of Cameroon...
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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...
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Mukuru (section Culture and language)
(God) of the Himba and Herero people of Namibia Mukuru language, or Menchum, a Grassfields languages of Cameroon Mukuru kwa Njenga, a residential area of...
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airline of Canada JetGo, an Australian regional airline Ngomba language, a Grassfields language of Cameroon Qeqertarsuaq Heliport, in Greenland This disambiguation...
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Awing, or Mbwe'wi, is a Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon. The Awing alphabet was proposed by translation consultants for SIL International and the...
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languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Yamba and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. The languages...
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Ngomba, Nda’a or Nguemba, is a Grassfield language of Cameroon. Ngomba, Nda’a or Nguemba in English goes as "I am saying that...." Ngomba or Nguemba at...
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hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share...
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Osatu (Ihatum) is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. Osatu is poorly documented and for a time had been considered a Tivoid language. Osatu at Ethnologue...
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Limbum is a Grassfields language of Cameroon, with a small number of speakers in Nigeria. It is used as a trade language by some, but is primarily the...
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2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine. Hyman, L.M. 1979. Index of Proto-Grassfields Bantu roots Archived 2019-09-04 at the Wayback Machine. Ms. U.S.C.; CBOLD...
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Menka is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. Other names include Mamwoh and Wando Bando. It is spoken by an estimated 5,200 people. Menka at Ethnologue...
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Nso (Lamnso, Lamnsɔ’) is the Grassfields language of the Nso people of western Cameroon. A few may remain in Nigeria. It has ten major noun classes. The...
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