Mbule

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
mlb
Alternate Names
Dumbule, Mbola
Population

100 (2007), decreasing. No monolinguals.

Location

Center Region, Mbam and Inoubou divisions, south Bokito subdivision, Mbola village.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Mbam, Yambasa (A.60)
Dialects

Not intelligible with other Yambasa languages. Lexical similarity: 78% with Nubaca [baf], 77% with Yangben [yav], 72% with Elip [ekm] and Mmaala [mmu] (Boone and Bradley 1992).

Language Use

Neutral to negative attitudes.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 0%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mbule
Writing
Unwritten.