Menka language

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Menka
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
5,200 (2000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mea
Glottolog menk1238
ELP Menka

Menka is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. Other names include Mamwoh and Wando Bando. It is spoken by an estimated 5,200 people. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Menka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. "OLAC resources in and about the Menka language". OLAC: Open Language Archives Community. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  3. "Menka". Endangered Languages Project. University of Hawaii. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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