Page Type: languageMendankwe-Nkwen | Ethnologue

MFD ISO 639-3

Mendankwe-Nkwen

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639
mfd
Alternate Names
Abɔŋnamɛnda, Nkwen
Population
27,700 (2005 SIL).
Location:
North West region: Mezam division, Bamenda Central subdivision, north and east of Bamenda town, either side of Ring Road, and mountainous circle of Menda Nkwe.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened).
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Ngemba
Dialects
Nkwen (Bafreng), Mendankwe (Bamenda, Mandankwe, Munda). The Mendankwe dialect has 74% intelligibility of the Nkwen dialect; Nkwen 79% intelligibility of Mendankwe. Socially very distinct groups. Related to Ngemba [nge], Bafut [bfd], Pinyin [pny], Awing [azo], and Bambili-Bambui [baw].
Language Use
Also use French [fra].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mendankwe-Nkwen
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].

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Location: North West region: Mezam division, Bamenda Central subdivision, north and east of Bamenda town, either side of Ring Road, and mountainous circle of Menda Nkwe.