Yemba language

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bamileke language
Bantu-related language
Grassfields language
language
country Cameroon NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Bamileke Dschang NERFINISHED
Bamileke Yemba NERFINISHED
Dchang NERFINISHED
Dschang NERFINISHED
Yemba NERFINISHED
hasDomainOfUse Bible translation
education (local primary level, in some programs)
literacy programs
hasEthnolinguisticGroup Yemba ethnic group NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode yemb1243
hasISO639-3Code ybb
hasLanguageBranch Atlantic-Congo NERFINISHED
hasLanguageFamily Niger-Congo NERFINISHED
hasLanguageGroup Benue-Congo NERFINISHED
hasLanguageSubgroup Bantoid
Eastern Grassfields NERFINISHED
Grassfields NERFINISHED
Southern Bantoid NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticType SVO word order language
tonal language
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate hundreds of thousands of speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
tone
hasStandardizationStatus partially standardized
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangeredStatus relatively vigorous at community level
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith some other Bamileke varieties
isPartOf Bamileke languages NERFINISHED
region West-Central Africa
spokenBy Bamileke people NERFINISHED
Yemba people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Cameroon NERFINISHED
Western Region, Cameroon NERFINISHED
subclassOf Bantoid language
Eastern Grassfields language NERFINISHED
Niger-Congo language
Southern Bantoid language
usedFor daily communication
local media
oral tradition
religious practice

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