| Mundum | |
|---|---|
| Ngemba | |
 Traditional Ngemba clothes | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | anya1246 Anyang mbre1246 Mbrerewi [sic] |
Mundum (Bamundum) is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is closely related to Mankon and Mendankwe-Nkwen; along with Mankon, it is called Ngemba. [1] There are two dialects, Anyang and Mberewi.
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Bamenda, also known as Abakwa and Mankon Town, is a city in northwestern Cameroon and capital of the Northwest Region. The city has a population of about 2 million people and is located 366 km (227 mi) north-west of the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. Bamenda is known for its cool climate and scenic hilly location.
Mankon is a geo-historic community constituting a large part of Bamenda in Cameroon, formed as an amalgamation of about five different ethnic groups. The Mankon fondom (kingdom) represents one of the oldest monarchies of the grassfield people of the Northwest Province. The fondom is ruled by a fon (king) with rights to kinghood acquired by birth. The crowned fon is usually a designated son of the deceased king, a child who was born only during his reign.
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The Ngiyambaa language, also spelt Ngiyampaa, Ngempa, Ngemba and other variants, is a Pama–Nyungan language of the Wiradhuric subgroup. It was the traditional language of the Wangaibon and Weilwan peoples of New South Wales, Australia, but is now moribund; according to Donaldson by the 1970s there were only about ten people fluent in Wangaibon, whilst there were only a couple of Weilwan speakers left.
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The Bamileke languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamileke people in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
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Kpati is an extinct Grassfields language formerly spoken in the Wukari and Takum LGAs of Taraba State, Nigeria. It was first reported as extinct by Grimes, Barbara (1984). Kpati was classified as a Ngemba language by Fivas – Scott (1977).
The Mankon Museum is an art and cultural museum located in Mankon-Bamenda, Cameroon.
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The Ngemba languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
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Mankon is a Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon. It is closely related to Mundum and Mendankwe-Nkwen. Along with Mundum, it is called Ngemba. There are several distinct dialects: Mankunge (Ngemba), Nsongwa, Shomba, Mbutu (Bambutu), Njong (Banjong), Bagangu (Akum) and Alatening.
Rainbow Football Club, also known as Rainbow or Rainbow Bamenda, is a Cameroonian football club.
The Weilwan are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of New South Wales. They are a clan of the Ngiyampaa nation.
The Ngiyampaa, also known as the Ngemba, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of New South Wales. The generic name refers to an aggregation of three groups, the Ngiyampaa, the Ngiyampaa Wangaaypuwan, and the Ngiyampaa Weilwan, respectively clans of a larger Ngiyampaa nation.
Ngemba may refer to:
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