Encyclopedia
Languages
Some 250 languages spoken in Cameroon, with their speakers and families.
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- Bishuo languageBishuo (Bishùo) is an extinct southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.
- Bitare languageBitare (Njwande, Yukutare) is a Tivoid language of Nigeria and Cameroon.
- Cuvok languageCuvok (French: Tchouvok) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.
- Dii languagesThe Dii language is a dialect cluster in the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Yag Dii is the ethnonym.
- Duli–Gewe languageDuli (Gewe, Gueve, Gey) is an extinct Adamawa language of northern Cameroon.
- Fanji languageThe Fanji language, Chuufiè (chufieʼ), is a Grassfields Bantu language and the language of the Bafanji people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal morphology, including reduplication involving adjectives.
- Gawar languageGavar (also known as Gawar, Gouwar, Gauar, Rtchi, Kortchi, Ma-Gavar) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in the Far North Region.
- Gunu languageThe Gunu language (Nu Gunu or Nugunu) is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.
- Gvoko languageGvoko (also known as Gevoko, Ghboko, Gavoko, Kuvoko, Ngossi, Ngoshi, Ngoshe-Ndhang, Ngweshe-Ndaghan, Ngoshe Sama, Nggweshe) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Borno State, Nigeria and Far North Province, Cameroon.
- Kamkam languageMbongno (Bungnu), also known as Kamkam, is a Mambiloid language of Nigeria, with an unknown number of speakers in Cameroon.
- Lamang languageLamang (Laamang) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2006) classifies the Woga variety as a separate language.
- Leti languageLeti, or Mangisa, is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Mengisa people. Most Mengisa have switched to the Eton language, though a number of them continue to use Leti as a secret ritual language. A smaller number speak Leti as their mother tongue.
- Limbum languageLimbum 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 mother tongue of the Wimbum people, who live in Donga-Mantung division of the Northwest Region, at the top of the Ring Road.
- Makaa languageMakaa (Maka), or South Makaa, is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is not intelligible with the other language spoken by the Makaa people, North Makaa.
- Malgbe languageMalgbe is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Douguia, Dro, Malgbe, Mara, and Walia.
- Mbudum languageMbudum or Mbədam is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province.
- Mbuko languageMbuko is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the canton of Doulek, Méri subdivision, department of Diamaré, and also in parts of the canton of Serawa, Tokombéré subdivision, department of Mayo-Sava, in the Far North Region of Cameroon.
- Menchum languageMenchum, or Befang, is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
- Mmen languageMmen (autonym: Bafmeng) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
- Mpiemo languageMpiemo (Bimu) is a Bantu language of the Central African Republic. The Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM, or "Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon") gives the name Mpo.
- Ndaʼndaʼ languageNdaʼndaʼ is a Bamileke language of Cameroon. Dialects are Ungameha (West: shingu, Batchingou) and Undimeha (East: gwa, Bangwa); Batoufam is a subdialect of the latter. It is also spoken in Batcha (a small Bamileke village near Bana).
- Ndoola languageNdoola (Ndoro) or Njoyamɛ in Cameroon is a Bantoid language of Nigeria, with several thousand speakers in Cameroon. It is either among or related to the Mambiloid languages.
- Ngwe languageNgwe (Ŋwɛh, Nweh) is a Bamileke language spoken predominantly in Lebialem, Cameroon. As of 2001, Ngwe had 73,200 speakers, which was an increase from the numbers of previous censuses. Its closest relatives are Yemba and Ngiemboon.
- Nizaa languageNizaa (practical orthography: Nízɑɑ̀), also known as Galim, Nyamnyam, and Suga, is an endangered Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region of northern Cameroon, by the Nizaa people. Most of the language's speakers live in and around the village of Galim in the department of Faro-et-Déo.
- North Mofu languageNorth Mofu is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Douroun and Wazan.
- Nzime languageNzime (Koonzime) is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Nzime and Dwe'e (Bajwe'e) people. Maho (2009) lists these as two languages.
- Parkwa languageParkwa (Parəkwa), also Podoko, is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon.
- Tsuvan languageTsuvan (also known as Matsuvan, Motsuvan, Terki, Telaki, Teleki, Tchede) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province.
- 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.
- Awing languageAwing, or Mbwe'wi, is a Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon.
- Baba languageThe Baba language, Supapyak’, is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
- Baldemu languageBaldemu, or Mbazlam, is a nearly extinct Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Baldemu is spoken in Bogo commune, Diamaré department, Far North Region by only 5 speakers as of 2012. Speakers have been shifting to Fulfulde.
- Bamukumbit languageBamukumbit (Mangkong) is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
- Bangandu languageBangando and Ngombe constitute a Gbaya language of Cameroon and CAR.
- Bangolan languageBangolan (sɔ́ŋnə́ ŋgbáŋlɛ) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
- Bati languageLe bati (ou bati ba ngong, bati de brousse) est une langue bantoue parlée au Cameroun, dans quatre villages (Kelleng, Mbougué, Nyambat) dans l'arrondissement de Nyanon, le département de la Sanaga-Maritime (région du Littoral), également dans le département du Mbam-et-Inoubou (région du Centre).
- Bebele languageBebele (Bamvele, Bëbëlë) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with other Beti dialects such as Ewondo and Fang.
- Beezen languageBeezen (Bèèzen, Bɛɛzɛn) is a Plateau language of Cameroon.
- Bomwali languageBomwali is a Bantu language of the Republic of the Congo and Cameroon.
- Bum languageBum is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
- Byep languageByep, or (North) Makaa, is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Although spoken by the Makaa people and closely related, it is not intelligible with South Makaa.
- Chung languageChung (Cung) is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon.
- Denya languageDenyang is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon Manyu languages (of the Anyang tribe). It is spoken by five main clans: Ayang, Baku, Betieku, Bantah, Awanchi, they are divergent enough to perhaps be considered separate languages.
- Doyayo languageDoyayo (ethnonym: Dowayo) is a language of the Duru branch of Adamawa languages spoken in Cameroon.
- DzodinkaDzodinka or Lidzonka is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
- Gidar languageGidar (Gidder), or Kaɗa, is a Biu–Mandara (Chadic) language of Cameroon and Chad.
- Hya languageHya is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and neighboring regions of Nigeria.
- Jina languageJina (Zina) is an Afroasiatic language of Cameroon. The Muxule variety may be a distinct language.
