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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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  • List of the rulers of the Bamum people, an ethnic group located in Cameroon. Their capital Fumban is also spelled Foumban in some sources. (Dates in italics...
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  • spelled Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum) (1394–c. 1916) was a Central African state in what is now northwest Cameroon. It was founded by the Bamun, an ethnic...
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    Ibrahim Njoya (category Articles containing Bamun-language text)
    that the Bamun and the Bamileke have the lowest inferred within-group IBD sharing. This indicates a lack of endogamy. The Kingdom of Bamun was reported...
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    Writing systems of Africa (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    Bamum (Bamun; also Shumom), a system of pictographic writing invented beginning in the late 19th century by Sultan Ibrahim Njoya for writing the Bamun language...
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  • Bamum (redirect from Bamun)
    Bamum, also spelled Bamoum, Bamun, or Bamoun, may refer to: The Bamum people The Bamum kingdom The Bamum language The Bamum script Bamum (Unicode block)...
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    Better known Grassfields languages include the Eastern Grassfields languages, Bamun, Yamba, Bali, and Bafut and the Ring languages, Kom, Nso, and Oku. Almost...
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    Bamum people (redirect from Bamun people)
    The Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are a Grassfields ethnic group located in now Cameroon. In 2018, the Bamum and Bamileke peoples...
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    Retrieved 2020-10-11. "Bamukumbit". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-10-11. "Bamun". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27. "Bamunka". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27...
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    Tikar people (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    between the Tikar and the Bamun is one that has enriched both groups. The Bamun essentially adopted many words from the Tikar language. They also adopted words...
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  • Bamun Sualkuchi is a census town in Kamrup district in the state of Assam, India. As of 2001[update] India census, Bamun Sualkuchi had a population of...
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  • Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, are a branch of the Grassfields languages including Bamun, Yamba and Bamileke...
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    not last long, and the language of the conquered, Mben, was adopted. The Bamun developed an extensive artistic culture at their capital of Foumban at the...
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    leaving 371 and 10 digits. Njoya used this system to write his History of the Bamun People and in correspondence with his mother. The fourth system, called...
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    Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of...
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    Assam (redirect from Languages of Assam)
    Corporation Ltd. Township Area Panchgram and Jogighopa, sugar mills in Barua Bamun Gaon, Chargola, Kampur, cement plants in Bokajan and Badarpur, and a cosmetics...
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  • Leela Majumdar (category Articles with Bengali-language sources (bn))
    Chiching Phank Je Jai Boluk Chhotoder Tal Betal Batash Bari Bagh Shikari Bamun Baghyar Galpo Shibur Diary Howrahr Dari Ferari Nepor Boi Aar Konokhane Kheror...
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  • Called fìŋkuy in Noni, nzème mmó or kẅìʼ fùɔ in Ngiemboon, and nkwom in Bamun. See double cloche in French. Clapper bells: examples include church bells...
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  • places of Assam. The National Highway 37 passes through Dergaon. Barua Bamun Gaon (BBGN) railway station is the closest railway station of Dergaon. The...
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  • Mano, Serecule, Songhai, Zarma, Hausa, Mandara, Gonja Kanuri, Baguirmi, Bamun, Bamileke, Sara, Nupe, Arma Moors, Tuareg, Borgu, Gur and Zongo. El-Hajj...
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    with significant populations Centre Region (Cameroon) Languages Bafia Religion Catholicism Related ethnic groups Other Bantu peoples and Bamun, Tikar...
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    Sultan (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
    native ruler's title in the Tanzanian state of Uhehe. In Cameroon: Bamoun (Bamun, 17th century, founded uniting 17 chieftaincies) 1918 becomes a sultanate...
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    Bandjoun (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    Banfjoun was made by the armies of the Sultan of Bamun but it ended in a complete military debacle for Bamun and the Sultan was pursued and besieged at Foumban...
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    Economy of Assam (category CS1 Assamese-language sources (as))
    paper mills at Jagiroad, Panchgram and Jogighopa, sugar mills at Barua Bamun Gaon, Chargola, Kampur, cement plant at Bokajan, cosmetics plant of Hindustan...
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    West Region (Cameroon) (category Articles containing French-language text)
    and the province's other major ethnic group, the Bamum (sometimes Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun). The West sits at the geologic crossroads of Cameroon; the soil...
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  • This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with B. Index | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u |...
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    Baro-Bhuyan (category Articles containing Assamese-language text)
    they aligned with the Koches (which Chilarai won). Chilarai appointed Uzir Bamun, Tapashi Laskar and Malamulya Laskar as Rajkhowas in Uttarkula after he...
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    Centre Region (Cameroon) (category Articles containing French-language text)
    troubled by the Bamun to the northwest, and the Banen fought two wars with them beginning around 1840; they eventually pushed the Bamun across the Noun...
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    groups: Akan (including the Ashanti and Fante subgroups), Balanta, Bamileke, Bamun, Bariba, Biafara, Bran, Chokwe, Dagomba, Edo, Ewe, Fon, Fula, Ga, Gurma...
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    Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (novel) (category Articles containing Bengali-language text)
    Subla's wife started to stay indoors most of the time in humiliation. But Bamun Kayet's youths started peeping at his house and cursing his name. Subla's...
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