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Ngiemboon

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: nnh

Population	250,000 (2000), increasing. 80,000 monolinguals. Many young Ngiemboon moving to urban areas because little room left in rural home area.
Region	West Province, Bamboutos Division, Batcham Subdivision and west Mbouda Subdivision in Balatchi; Menoua Division, north of Penka-Michel.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 191
Alternate names	Bamileke-Ngiemboon, Bamileke-Ngyemboon, Nguemba, Ngyemboon
Dialects	Batcham, Balessing, Bangang, Bamougong, Balatchi, Batang.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Bamileke
Language use	Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitude. 65% also use French; 2% also use English or Fulfulde.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 4%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Functional literacy started. Radio programs. Videos. NT: 2007.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Distinct from Ngemba [nge]. Agriculturalists: various food crops, coffee. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 1980. "The noun classes of Ngyemboon-Bamileke."

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 1982. "From semivowels to aspiration to long consonants in Ngyemboon-Bamileke."

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 1983. Tone and morpheme rules in Ngyemboon-Bamileke.  

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 1985. "Animate and inanimate pronominal systems in Ngyemboon-Bamileke."

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 1986. Skulls, gods and revenge in Bamileke.

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 2001. "Phonological characteristics of Eastern Grassfields languages."

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 2007. Précis d'orthographe pour la langue Ngiemboon.  

ANDERSON, Stephen C., author. 2008. A phonological sketch of Ngiemboon-Bamileke.  

DJEMADJIOUDJIEL, Noël; WIESEMANN, Ursula, authors. 1981. "Prominence in Ngambay."

NDIOLA TSUATA, Laurence, author. 2008. La syntaxe du ŋ̀gʲɛ̃̀mbɔ̃̀ɔ̃̀ŋ: Étude fonctionelle des types de questions.  

SCHRAG, Brian E., author. 2005. How Bamiléké music-makers create culture in Cameroon.

SCHRAG, Brian, author. 2004. Musical invigoration of cultural dynamism in a Bamiléké dance association.  

Vernacular Publications

Anò Káŋndè: ŋwà'ne ngàŋa sekúd. 2007.

Anò Káŋndè: ŋwà'ne nyìŋ gẅie à zí'i pù̶. 2007.

Epyua pie pɔ́ té ncyo gẇiin néŋe ntentyú. 1984.

Lesẇɛ ŋwáʼ á Kamalûm. 1999.

Lesẅɛ ŋwá' á kamalûm. 2005.

Memá pie, ê ntentyú nê gubé gie é gáŋté. 1984.

Pege zíʼí létoŋ Ngiembɔɔn: 1. 1998.

Pége zíʼí létoŋ ngyembɔɔn 1. 1987.

Pége zíʼí létoŋ ngyembɔɔn 2. 1987.

Puʼ kwɔb ngyembɔɔn. 1985.