Ring languages

Ring
Ring Road
Geographic distribution	Nigeria and Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Narrow Ring
Glottolog	`ring1243`^[1]

The Ring or Ring Road languages, spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon, are sister group to the Bantu languages. The best known Ring language is Kom.

The family is named after the old Ring Road of central Cameroon.

Languages

↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ring". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Central	Babanki Bum Kom Kuk Kung Mmen Oku
Northern	Bamunka Kenswei Nsei Vengo Wushi
Western	Aghem Isu Laimbue Weh Zhoa
Other	Nso

Western	Megaka Ngiemboon Ngombale Ngomba Ngwe Yemba
Eastern	Fe’fe’ Ghomálá’ Kwa’ Nda’nda’ Medumba

Other

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