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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Mbongno

Mbongno

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3bgu

Population  3,000 in Nigeria (Blench and Connell 1999).
Region  Taraba state, Sardauna LGA, Kakara town. Also in Cameroon.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 8, reference number 388
Alternate names   Bungnu, Bungun, Bunu, Gbunhu, Kakaba, Kamkam
Dialects  Several minor dialects.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Northern, Mambiloid, Mambila-Konja, Magu-Kamkam-Kila
Comments  Agriculturalists. Muslim, traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Cameroon

Language name   Kamkam
Region  Adamawa Province, Mayo-Banyo Division, Mambila Plateau.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 103
Alternate names  Bungnu, Bungun, Bunu, Gbunhu, Kakaba, Mbongno
Comments  Muslim, traditional religion.