Mambiloid languages

Mambiloid
Geographic distribution	Nigeria and Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Mambiloid
Subdivisions	Ndoola (Ndoro) Mambiloid proper
Glottolog	`mamb1309`^[1]
The Mambiloid languages shown within Nigeria and Cameroon

The twelve Mambiloid languages are a branch of Benue–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.

Ndoola (Ndoro)
Mambiloid proper
- Nizaa (Suga)
- 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, Luo and Kasabe languages were apparently Mambiloid, the first two close to Njerep.

Fam is sometimes classified with Ndoro, but appears to be more divergent.

The unclassified language Bung shows its strongest resemblance to be with the Ndung dialect of Kwanja. It also has words in common with other Mambiloid languages such as Tep, Somyev and Vute, while a number of words' origins remain unclear (possibly Adamawan).^[2]

References

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Mambiloid". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Bruce Connell, 1997: Moribund Languages of the Nigeria-Cameroon Borderland

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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