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Bamun

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: bax

Population  215,000 (1982 SIL).
Region  West Province, most of Noun Division, Foumban area; extreme north Mifi Division; extreme southeast Bamboutos Division.
Language maps  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 195
Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 195
Alternate names   Bamoum, Bamoun, Bamum, Shupamem
Dialects  Related to Bafanji [bfj], Bamali [bbq], Bambalang [bmo], Bangolan [bgj].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nun
Language use  Trade language.
Language development  Bible: 1988.
Writing system  Bamum script, taught in schools until 1930s. Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .