Mambiloid languages

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Mambiloid
Geographic distribution:	Nigeria and Cameroon
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Mambiloid
Subdivisions:	?Ndoro–Fam Mambiloid proper

The dozen Mambiloid languages are a branch of Niger–Congo languages spoken by the Mambila and related people in Nigeria and Cameroon.

Languages

The following classification follows Blench (2011). Languages with (?) are not listed in that source, but close to other languages according to Ethnologue. Ndoro–Fam may be a separate branch of Benue–Congo.

Ndoro–Fam: Ndoola (Ndoro), Fam
Mambiloid proper
- Suga (Nizaa)
- Mambila–Konja
  - Konja: Kwanja, ?Twendi
  - Mambila–Vute
    - Mambila–Kamkam
      - Magu–Kamkam–Kila: Mbongno, Mvanip (Mvano), ?Somyev, ?Ndunda
      - Mambila
    - Tep–Vute
      - Tep
      - Vute: Vute, Wawa

Ethnologue also lists Njerep, which most likely lies somewhere in the Mambila–Kamkam branch. The extinct Yeni and Kasabe languages were apparently Mambiloid, the latter close to Njerep.

References

Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.

External links

Marieke Martin, 2011. 'The Erosion of Noun Classes in Mambiloid'

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