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BYV ISO 639-3

Medumba

Medumba Autonym

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Bagangte, Bamileke-Medumba, Bangangte
Autonym
Medumba
Population
210,000 (1991 UBS).
Location:
Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division; Littoral region: Nkam division, border area; West region: Ndé division, Bangangté and Tonga subdivisions east of Bangangté.
Language Status
3 (Wider communication). Grassfields language, originated in the Nde division of the West Region of Cameroon. Used as a church language by Protestant missionaries in the early 1900s.
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nun
Dialects
Batongtou.
Language Use
Most also use French [fra]. Some also use Nda’nda’ [nnz]. A few also use Bamun [bax]. A few also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes]. A few also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Ghomálá’ [bbj], Ngomba [jgo].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Orthography developed in 1926 by Protestant missionaries. Texts. Bible: 1992.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Medumba
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
Traditional religion, Christian.

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Location: Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division; Littoral region: Nkam division, border area; West region: Ndé division, Bangangté and Tonga subdivisions east of Bangangté.