Ngemba languages

This article is about a group of languages in Cameroon. For the ISO language name Ngemba, see Mankon language. For the Aboriginal Australian language Ngemba, see Ngiyambaa language.

The Ngemba languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

Ngemba
Geographic distribution	Grassfields of western Cameroon and Taraba State, Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Ngemba
Glottolog	ngem1254

The languages are Awing (Mbweʼwi), Bafut–Beba, Bambili Mbeligi, Mbui Bambui, Mendankwe-Nkwen–Mankon–Mundum (Ngemba), Pinyin, Alatening, Chomba, Mbetuʼu, Akum. Babadjou and Bamessingue in the west region are also Nguemba but mostly considered otherwise because they are not in the Northwest region of Cameroon.

In the West and North West regions of Cameroon, languages are often referred to by the name of the village or town where they are spoken. For example, Ghomáláʼ is a Bamileke language spoken in Batié, in the West Region of Cameroon, and is referred to as Batié.^[1]

Traditional clothing called Togho

Another Togho

References

1. "Cameroon". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2021-02-09.