Bamileke languages

E541208

Grassfields Bantu languages Southern Bantoid languages language group

The Bamileke languages are a group of closely related Grassfields Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Bamileke people in western Cameroon.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bamileke-Dschang language	1
Bamileke-Feʼfeʼ language	1
Bamileke-Ghomalaʼ language	1
Bamileke-Medumba language	1
Bamileke-Ngomba language	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Grassfields Bantu languages ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ language group ⓘ
arealGrouping	Grassfields languages ⓘ
areSpokenBy	millions of speakers ⓘ
classificationStatus	well-attested ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Bamun language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngemba languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	Bamileke NERFINISHED ⓘ
family	Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Grassfields ⓘ Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Littoral Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ West Region of Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode	bami1239 ⓘ
hasMember	Bafang language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bafoussam language ⓘ Bamendjou language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bandjoun language NERFINISHED ⓘ Feʼfeʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghomáláʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kwaʼ language ⓘ Medumba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mengaka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Mmuock language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndaʼndaʼ language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ngomba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemba language NERFINISHED ⓘ
haveFeature	complex tonal systems ⓘ noun class systems ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
linguisticTypology	tone language ⓘ
region	Grassfields region NERFINISHED ⓘ
script	Latin script ⓘ
spokenBy	Bamileke people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	regional languages in Cameroon ⓘ
subclassOf	Bantoid languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	local administration ⓘ market communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious practice ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bantoid languages → hasNotableLanguage → Bamileke languages ⓘ

Ghomalaʼ → subgroup → Bamileke languages ⓘ

Grassfields languages → hasSubgroup → Bamileke languages ⓘ