Ring languages
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| Ring | |
|---|---|
| Ring Road | |
| Geographic distribution | Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| 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
[edit ]- Centre: Babanki, Mmen, Kom, Mbessa, Bum, Kung, Kuk, Oku
- East: Nso (Lamnso')
- South: Vengo, Wushi, Bamunka, Kenswei Nsei
- West: Aghem, Isu, Laimbue, Weh, Zhoa
See also
[edit ]- List of Proto-Ring reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
[edit ]External links
[edit ]- Ethnographic information on the Bum people [1]
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