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Mendankwe-Nkwen

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: mfd

Population	23,100 (2001 SIL).
Region	North West Province, Mezam Division, Bamenda Central Subdivision, north and east of Bamenda, either side of Ring Road, and mountainous circle of Menda Nkwe.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 154
Alternate names	Mandankwe, Mendankwe
Dialects	Nkwen (Bafreng), Mendankwe (Munda, Bamenda). The Mendankwe dialect has 74% intelligibility of the Nkwen dialect; Nkwen 79% intelligibility of Mendankwe. Socially very distinct groups. Related to Ngemba [nge], Bafut [bfd], Pinyin [pny], Awing [azo], Bambili-Bambui [baw].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERSON, Heidi R., author. 2005. "Intelligibility testing (RTT) between Mendankwe and Nkwen."  

AYOTTE, Michael; LAMBERTY, Melinda, authors. 2003. "Rapid appraisal sociolinguistic survey among the NGEMBA cluster of languages: Mankon, Bambili, Nkwen, Pinyin, and Awing: Bamenda, Santa and Tubah subdivisions Mezam Division North West Province."