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Ngemba

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: nge

Population	18,800 (2002 SIL).
Region	North West Province, Mezam Division, Tuba and west Bamenda subdivisions.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 153
Alternate names	Megimba, Mogimba, Ngomba, Nguemba
Dialects	Bagangu (Akum), Njong (Banjong), Mbutu (Bambutu, Alamatu, Mbotu), Songwa (Nsongwa, Bangwa, Ngwa), Mankon (Bida), Shomba (Bamechom, Almatson), Mangkunge (Ngemba, Bandeng, Bande, Bande’, Nkune, Mukohn), Mbrerewi (Mundum 1, Bamundum 1), Anyang (Mundum 2, Bamundum 2), Alatening (Alatining). Related to Bafut [bfd], Mendankwe-Nkwen [mfd], Pinyin [pny], Awing [azo]. Distinct from Ngiemboon [nnh] (Nguemba). Lexical similarity: 87% between the Mbrerewi and Anyang dialects, 78% between Mbrerewi and Bafut, 85% between Mbrerewi and the Mankon dialect, 74% between Bafut and Mankon.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba
Language use	Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes] or Bafut [bfd].

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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."  

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth; SWIRI, Roseta, authors. 2002. A rapid appraisal sociolinguistic language survey of Mundum [ALCAM: 911].  

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth; SWIRI, Roseta, authors. 2005. "A rapid appraisal sociolinguistic survey of Mundum."  

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .