Mambiloid languages

Mambiloid
Geographic distribution:	Nigeria and Cameroon
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Mambiloid
Subdivisions:	Ndoro–Fam Mambiloid proper

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

The following classification follows Blench (2011). Languages with (?) are not listed in that source, but close to other languages according to Ethnologue. Ndoro–Fam may be a separate branch of Mambiloid–Dakoid.

• Ndoro–Fam: Ndoola (Ndoro), Fam
• Mambiloid proper
  • Suga (Nizaa)
  • Mambila–Konja
    • Konja: Kwanja, ?Twendi
    • Mambila–Vute
      • Mambila–Kamkam
        • Magu–Kamkam–Kila: Mbongno, Mvanip (Mvano), ?Somyev, ?Ndunda
        • Mambila
      • Tep–Vute
        • Tep
        • Vute: Vute, Wawa

Ethnologue also lists Njerep, which most likely lies somewhere in the Mambila–Kamkam branch.

References

• Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.

External links

• Marieke Martin, 2011. 'The Erosion of Noun Classes in Mambiloid'