Medumba language

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Medumba is a Bantu-related Grassfields language spoken primarily by the Bamileke people in western Cameroon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu-related language
Grassfields language
natural language
belongsTo Bamileke language cluster NERFINISHED
country Cameroon NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Bamileke NERFINISHED
glottologCode medu1244
glottologName Medumba NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Bamileke-Medumba NERFINISHED
Bangangte language
Medúmba NERFINISHED
hasDialects varieties associated with different Medumba chiefdoms
hasDomain home communication
local storytelling
local trade
traditional religion
hasISO639-3Code byv
hasLinguisticFeature noun class system
rich verbal morphology
tone language
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system
consonant contrasts typical of Grassfields languages
contrastive tone
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isRelatedTo Bantu languages of Cameroon NERFINISHED
other Bamileke languages
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars
phonological studies
tone analysis research
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED
Eastern Grassfields languages NERFINISHED
Grassfields languages
Niger–Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED
region Western Cameroon NERFINISHED
spokenBy Bamileke people NERFINISHED
Medumba people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Cameroon NERFINISHED
West Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED
usedAs vernacular language in Medumba-speaking communities
usedIn Bamileke cultural practices
oral literature
traditional music

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Grassfields languages hasNotableLanguage Medumba language