Nyong

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
muo
Alternate Names
Daganonga, Daganyonga, Mubako, Mumbake, Ndagam, Nyongnepa, Samba Bali
Population

30,000 in Cameroon (2008 census).

Location

North West Region, Ngo-Ketunjia division, Balikumbat subdivision, near Ndop plain in Balikumbat, Baligansin, and Baligashu villages; Mezam division, Baligham. Also in Nigeria.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Leko-Nimbari, Leko
Dialects

They consider themselves the same ethnically as Samba Leko [ndi], but intelligibility is low.

Language Use

Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes] or English [eng].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nyong
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.

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