Bamileke | |
Also Known As: | Bamiléké |
Ethnicity: | Bamileke people |
Region: | Grassfields of western Cameroon |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
Fam5: | Bantoid |
Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam7: | Grassfields |
Fam8: | Eastern Grassfields |
Fam9: | Mbam-Nkam |
Protoname: | Proto-Bamileke |
Child1: | Eastern Bamileke |
Child2: | Western Bamileke |
Iso2: | bai |
Iso5: | bai |
Glotto: | bami1239 |
Glottorefname: | Bamileke |
The Bamileke languages (bai|Bamiléké) are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamileke people in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
The languages, which might constitute two branches of Eastern Grassfields, are: