Mbili-Mbui language

Grassfields dialects spoken in Cameroon

Mbili-Mbui
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1983)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Ngemba Mbili-Mbui
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`baw`
Glottolog	`bamb1266`

Mbili (Bambili) and Mbui (Bambui) are dialects of a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.

References

^ Mbili-Mbui at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Grassfields languages

Ring

Central	Babanki Bum Kom Kuk Kung Mmen Oku
Southern	Bamunka Kenswei Nsei Vengo Wushi
Western	Aghem Isu Laimbue Weh Zhoa
Other	Nso

Eastern
Grassfields

Western	Megaka Ngiemboon Ngombale Ngomba Ngwe Yemba
Eastern	Fe’fe’ Ghomálá’ Kwa’ Nda’nda’ Medumba

Metaʼ (Moghamo)
Ngamambo
Mundani
Ngie (Mengum)
Ngoshie
Ngwo (Basa, Konda)
Njen
Amasi

Others

Viti
? Ndemli
? Ambele
? Menchum (Befang)

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