Esimbi language

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Esimbi
RegionSouthwestern Cameroon
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ags
Glottologesim1238

Esimbi is a Southern Bantoid language of southwestern Cameroon. It's generally classified as Tivoid but with little evidence; it has just about as much in common with Grassfields languages.[2] It is also called Isimbi, Simpi, Age, Aage, Bogue and Mburugam.

References

  1. ^ Esimbi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2010). "The Tivoid Languages" (PDF). p. 13.