NGONG: a language of Cameroon

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: NNX

ISO 639-2: bnt

Population 2 (1983 Atlas Linguistique du Cameroun). 
Region Ngong village, south of Garoua on road to Ngaoundere, Benoue Division, North Province.
Alternate names   GONG, PUURI
Classification Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Jarawan, Cameroon.
Comments Voegelin and Voegelin (1977:55) say this is the same as Nagumi. Nearly extinct.

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