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Nzime language

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Nzime
Koonzime, Koozime
Native toCameroon
EthnicityNzime, Dwe'e
Native speakers
40,000 (2011)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Koonzime
  • Bajue (Badwee)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ozm
Glottologkoon1245
A.841,842[2]

Nzime (Koonzime) is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Nzime and Dwe'e (Bajwe'e) people. Maho (2009) lists these as two languages.

References

  1. ^ Nzime at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online