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Bambili-Bambui

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: baw

Population	10,000 (Dieu and Renaud 1983).
Region	North West Province, Mezam Division, Tuba Subdivision, along Ring Road, east of Bamenda, Bambili, and Bambui villages.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 156
Alternate names	Bambili
Dialects	Bambili (Mbili, Mbele, Mbogoe), Bambui (Mbui). Mutual inherent intelligibility is low with Mendankwe-Nkwen [mfd].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Grammar.
Comments	They associate more with Bafut than with Nkwen and Mendankwe-Nkwen.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

AYOTTE, Michael; LAMBERTY, Melinda, authors. 2003. "Rapid appraisal sociolinguistic survey among the NGEMBA cluster of languages: Mankon, Bambili, Nkwen, Pinyin, and Awing: Bamenda, Santa and Tubah subdivisions Mezam Division North West Province."  

BOMBAY, Elaine; CRAWFORD, Karyn, authors. 2002. A survey (RTT) of the Bambili-Bambui language.  

BOMBAY, Elaine; CRAWFORD, Karyn, authors. 2007. "A Survey (RTT) of the Bambili-Bambui Language."