Ndemli language

Ndemli
Ndemli
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1999)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Narrow Ndemli; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nml
Glottolog	ndem1249

Ndemli, or Bandem, is a language of Cameroon spoken primarily in the Nkam department of the Littoral Region; between Yabassi, Yingui and Nkondjock. Recent classifications such as Nurse (2003)^[2] place it in with the Narrow Grassfields languages, though Ethnologue does not reflect this. Ethnologue states that it is "related to Tikar" and that "the Bandobo dialect of Tikar is very similar to Ndemli", though it is not clear if Bandobo actually is Tikar.

References

^ Ndemli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Derek Nurse & Gérard Philippson, 2003, The Bantu Languages, p 227

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[e18-1] Ndemli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Derek Nurse & Gérard Philippson, 2003, The Bantu Languages, p 227

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