Eastern Grassfields languages

Eastern Grassfields
Eastern Grassfields
Geographic; distribution	Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Narrow Eastern Grassfields; ; ; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Bamileke; Ngemba; Nkambe; Nun;
Glottolog	mbam1249

The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Bamenda grassfields of Cameroon, are a branch of Southern 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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