Eastern Grassfields languages

Eastern Grassfields languages
Eastern Grassfields
Geographic
distribution:
Cameroon
Linguistic classification: Niger–Congo
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Southern Bantoid
Subdivisions:

The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Bamenda grassfields of Cameroon, are a branch of Bantoid languages including Bamun, Yamba, and Bamileke.

There are four or five branches to the family:

Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.



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