Ring languages
Appearance
Ring | |
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Ring Road | |
Geographic distribution | Cameroon, Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
Glottolog | ring1243 |
The Ring or Ring Road languages, spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon, form a branch of the Narrow Grassfields languages. The best known Ring language is Kom.
The family is named after the old Ring Road of central Cameroon.
Languages
- Centre: Babanki, Mmen, Kom, Bum, Kung, Kuk, Oku
- East: Nso (Lamnso')
- South: Vengo, Wushi, Bamunka, Kenswei Nsei
- West: Aghem, Isu, Laimbue, Weh, Zhoa
References
External links
- Ethnographic information on the Bum people [1]