Eastern Grassfields languages
Grassfields language branch 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 Bamileke.
Geographic
distributionCameroon
distributionCameroon
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
- Atlantic–Congo
- Volta–Congo
- Benue–Congo
- Bantoid
- Bantoid
- Grassfields
- Narrow Grassfields
- Eastern Grassfields
- Narrow Grassfields
- Grassfields
- Bantoid
- Bantoid
- Benue–Congo
- Volta–Congo
| Eastern Grassfields | |
|---|---|
| Mbam–Nkam | |
| Geographic distribution | Cameroon |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | mbam1249 |
There are four or five branches to the family:
- Nkambe languages (north)
- Mbam–Nkam (south)
Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.[citation needed]
