Yambeta language

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Yambeta
Native to Cameroon
Native speakers
(3,700 cited 1982) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 yat
Glottolog yamb1252
A.462 [2]

Yambeta or Nigi [3] is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.

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References

  1. Yambeta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)[Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN   9789956796069.