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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Wushi

Wushi

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3bse

Population  25,000 (2008).
Region  North West Province, Ngo Ketunjia Division, Babessi Subdivision, east of Ndop.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 143
Alternate names   Babessi, Pesii, Sii, Vesi
Dialects  Similar to Vengo [bav], Kenswei-Nsei [ndb], Bamunka [bvm].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Ring, South
Comments  ‘Wushi’ is their name for themselves.