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Medumba

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: byv

Population	210,000 (1991 UBS).
Region	West Province, Nde Division, Tonga Bangangte subdivisions east of Bangangte.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 224
Alternate names	Bagangte, Bamileke-Medumba, Bangangte
Dialects	Batongtou.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nun
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Bible: 1992.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian.

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 .

Vernacular Publications

Kòŋbàm: Mbʼa bǝ bo yatǝ̀ kòŋbàm nda la. 1992.

Mfu ngòkɛd ba ntʉ: màd lòʼ ntomtǝ mǝ̂n mfu la. 1992.