Encyclopedia
Languages
Some 250 languages spoken in Cameroon, with their speakers and families.
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- Yamba languageYamba is a Grassfields language of the Northwest region of southern Cameroon, with a small number of speakers in Eastern Nigeria. Mbem village has the largest population of Yamba speakers in the region.
- Yambeta languageYambeta or Nigi is a Mbam language of Cameroon. Yambeta has four dialects. The two main dialects are Nigii and Nɛdɛk, and the two lesser dialects are Begi (a subdialect of Nigii) and Nibum (a subdialect of Nɛdɛk). Nigii is the largest dialect, and the one used in this article.
- YangbenLe yangben, aussi appelé nuasue, est une langue bantoïde méridionale parlée au Cameroun dans la région du Centre, le département du Mbam-et-Inoubou, l'arrondissement de Bokito, le canton de Yangben au sud de Bokito.
- Yasa languageIyasa (Yasa, Yassa) is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea by the Iyasa and Ndowe coastal fishing peoples. It is also spoken by Pygmies, perhaps Babongo, in Gabon. Approximately 3,000 people speak Iyasa, though some note that this number may be an overestimation.
- YebekoloLe yebekolo (ou yabekolo) est une langue bantoue parlée au Cameroun, dans la région du Centre, au nord du département du Nyong-et-Mfoumou. C'est un dialecte du Bulu. Il fait partie du continuum linguistique des langues beti.
- Yedina languageYedina (autonym: Yedǝnami), also known as Buduma or Boudouma, is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria.
- Yemba languageYɛmba or Yemba, also Yémba or Bamiléké Dschang, is a major Bamileke language in West Region of Cameroon. It was approximately spoken by 500,000 or so people in the country in 2023.
- Yeni languageThe Yeni language is an extinct language of Cameroon, formerly spoken around Djeni Mountain in the Nyalang area. All that remains of the language, apparently, is a song remembered by some Sandani speakers.
- Yukuben languageYukuben, also known as Fete or Uhumghikgi (Uhum), is a Plateau language of Nigeria. There are a thousand speakers across the border in Cameroon, where the name Uhumghikgi is preferred. It is a local trade language.
