Eastern Grassfields languages

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Not to be confused with Mbam languages.
Eastern Grassfields
Geographic
distribution:		 Cameroon
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Grassfields
          • Narrow
            • Eastern Grassfields
Subdivisions:

The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Bamenda grassfields of Cameroon, are a branch of Southern Bantoid languages including Bamun, Yamba, and Bamileke.

There are four or five branches to the family:

Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.


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