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Kwanja

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: knp

Population	20,000 (1991 UBS).
Region	Adamawa Province, Mayo-Banyo Division, northeast Tikar Plain, south of Mayo-Darle between Banyo and Bankim.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 97
Alternate names	Kondja, Konja
Dialects	Nyasunda, Nyandung, Nyanjang (Njang, Njanga).
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Northern, Mambiloid, Mambila-Konja, Konja
Language use	Now Cambap people mainly speak Kwanja. A few older adults speak the Njanga dialect (1995 B. Connell).
Writing system	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 .

WEBER, Joan; WEBER, Martin, authors. 2008. Précis d'orthographe pour la langue kwanja (dialecte súndànɨ́).  

Vernacular Publications

Wûm tə́r Kàndé: dərwà wùàr fúárgɨ́nɨ́; Ndǔŋ. 2007.

Wûm tə́r Kàndé: dərwà wùàr ŋgání̵ ndə́b; Ndǔn. 2007.

Wúmnì̵ tí̵r Kàndé: Dərwà wì̵rà fwárkí̵nì̵; Súndànì̵. 2007.

Wúmnɨ̀ tí̶r Kàndé: dərwà wì̵̶rà ŋgánì̶ lə́btì̶; Súndàní̶. 2007.