Mamfe languages

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Mamfe
Nyang
Geographic
distribution
Southwest Cameroon
Linguistic classification Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog mamf1238
Map of the Mamfe languages.svg
The Mamfe languages shown within Cameroon:
   Denya
   Kendem
   Kenyang

The Mamfe or Nyang languages are three languages that form a branch of Southern Bantoid languages spoken in southwest Cameroon. They are:

Denya, Kendem and Kenyang (Nyang).

They are clearly related to each other, though they are not close. [1]

References

  1. Blench, Roger (2011). "'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu" (PDF). Berlin: Humboldt University. p. 21.