Bung language
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The Bung language is a nearly extinct language of Cameroon
spoken by 3 people (in 1995) at the village of Boung on the Adamawa Plateau
. A wordlist collected for it shows its strongest resemblance to be with the Ndung dialect of Mambiloid language
Kwanja
, although that may simply be because this has become the village's dominant language. It also has words in common with other Mambiloid languages such as Tep
, Somyev
, and Vute
, while a number of words' origins remain unclear (possibly Adamawan
). For lack of data, it is not definitively classified
.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
spoken by 3 people (in 1995) at the village of Boung on the Adamawa Plateau
Adamawa Plateau
The Adamawa Plateau is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon to the Central African Republic. The plateau was named after Fulani Muslim leader Modibo Adama. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria is more popularly known...
. A wordlist collected for it shows its strongest resemblance to be with the Ndung dialect of Mambiloid language
Mambiloid languages
The dozen Mambiloid languages are a branch of Bantoid languages spoken by the Mambila and related people in Nigeria and Cameroon.The extinct Yeni language was apparently Mambiloid.-Languages:...
Kwanja
Kwanja language
Kwanja is a Mambiloid language of Cameroon....
, although that may simply be because this has become the village's dominant language. It also has words in common with other Mambiloid languages such as Tep
Tep language
Tep is a Mambiloid language of Nigeria. Ethnologue considers it a dialect of Mambila, as speakers identify as Mambila, but it is a distinct language.-References:* Blench, Roger, 2011. . Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin....
, Somyev
Somyev language
Somyev , also known as Kila, is a nearly extinct Mambiloid language of Nigeria, spoken by a caste of blacksmiths that live among the Mambila....
, and Vute
Vute language
Vute is a Mambiloid language of Cameroon, with a thousand speakers in Nigeria....
, while a number of words' origins remain unclear (possibly Adamawan
Adamawa languages
The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people . Joseph Greenberg classified them as one branch of the...
). For lack of data, it is not definitively classified
Unclassified language
Unclassified languages are languages whose genetic affiliation has not been established by means of historical linguistics. If this state of affairs continues after significant study of the language and efforts to relate it to other languages, as in the case of Basque, it is termed a language...
.