Mbu’ language

Mbu’
Spoken in	Cameroon
Native speakers	1,000  (2001)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid ? Western Beboid Mbu’
Language codes
ISO 639-3	muc

Mbu’ is a Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family. Inasmuch as Western Beboid may be valid, Mbu’ would appear to be the most divergent of its languages.

"Mbu’" is the name of the village the language is spoken in.

References

• Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
• Good, Jeff, & Jesse Lovegren. 2009. 'Reassessing Western Beboid'. Bantu III.
• Good, Jeff, & Scott Farrar. 2008. 'Western Beboid and African language classification'. LSA.