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Kemezung

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: dmo

Population	4,500 (2001 SIL).
Region	North West Province, Donga-Mantung Division, Misaje Subdivision, northwest of Nkambe, Dumbu town, Kwei village.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 112
Alternate names	Dumbo, Dzumbo, Kumaju
Dialects	Member of the Eastern Beboid subgroup. Lexical similarity: 85% with Bebe [bzv].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Beboid, Eastern
Language use	All domains. Positive attitude. Some also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes], English, or Bebe.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy program to provisionally start in 2008.
Comments	Agriculturalists; businessmen; traders.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth, authors. 2002. "Rapid appraisal and intelligibility testing surveys of the Eastern Beboid group of languages (Northwest Province)."  

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth, authors. 2004. "Intelligibility testing survey of Bebe and Kemezung and synthesis of sociolinguistic research of the Eastern Beboid cluster."  

COX, Bruce, author. 2005. Kemezung orthography guide.  

COX, Bruce, author. 2005. Notes on the phonology of Kemezung.  

SMOES, Christopher L., author. 2010. A Sketch Grammar of the Kemezung Language.  

Vernacular Publications

Mbɔndu bə Ntanchɛ Kɨŋwatɨ Diɛ yi Bədzumbu lə Ntɨŋ. 2012.