LMP ISO 639-3
Limbum
Limbum Autonym
A language of Cameroon
- ISO 639
- lmp
- Alternate Names
- Bojiin, Limbom, Llimbumi, Ndzungle, Ndzungli, Njungene, Nsungali, Nsungli, Nsungni, Wimbum
- Autonym
- Limbum
- Population
- 130,000 in Cameroon (2005 SIL), increasing. Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Limbum people are present as of the 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm).
- Location:
- North West region: Donga-Mantung division, Nkambe subdivision, Ndu and Nkambe areas.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nkambe
- Dialects
- Wiyeh, Tang, Wat.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Most also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes]. Many also use English [eng]. Some also use Lamnso’ [lns]. A few also use Noone [nhu]. A few also use Tigon Mbembe [nza]. A few also use Yamba [yam]. Used as L2 by Kemedzung [dmo], Lamnso’ [lns], Nchane [ncr], Noone [nhu], Sari [asj], Tigon Mbembe [nza], Yamba [yam].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Some literacy classes. Literature. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2002.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Limbum
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Taraba state: Sardauna LGA, Mambila uplands.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Nigeria
Language Name
Limbum
User Population
Few in Nigeria (Crozier and Blench 1992).
Map
Location: North West region: Donga-Mantung division, Nkambe subdivision, Ndu and Nkambe areas.
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