Menchum language

Menchum
Menchum
Befang
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields?; Momo–Tivoid? Menchum; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Modele–Ushaku; Bangui–Befang–Obang; Okoromandjang;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bby
Glottolog	befa1241

Menchum, or Befang, is a divergent Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It may be a Grassfields language or closer to Tivoid.

Befang is the local town and also the name of the Menchum dialect spoken there.

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