Nun | |
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 |
Glotto: | mbam1253 |
Glottorefname: | Mbam–Nkam Nun |
The Nun languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamum (Mum) and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
The languages are:[1]
Bamum (Mum, Shu Paməm; Bapi dialect)
Baba (Bapa)
Bafanji (Fanji, Chufie)
Bangolan (Ngolan)
Bambalang (Mbalang, Chrambo)
Mungaʼka (Ngaaka)
dialects: Li (Bali Nyonga), Ndeng (Bandeng), Ti (Bati)
core: Bamali (Mali, Chopechop), Bamenyan (Mamenyan), Bamukumbit (Mankong), Ndzerem