Nun languages

Nun languages
Nun
Geographic
distribution:		 Grasslands of
western Cameroon
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
Subdivisions:
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The Nun languages are a group of languages spoken by the Bamun and related peoples of the western grasslands of Cameroon.

The languages are Bamun, Bamali, Baba, Bamenyam, Bafanji, Bangolan, Bambalang, Mungaka.

(Ethnologue adds Medumba.)



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