The Leko-Nimbari languages, also called the Chamba-Mumuye languages, are a subgroup of the old Adamawa languages, provisionally placed within the Savanna languages branch of Niger-Congo, spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. The group divides into the Duru, Leko, Mumuye-Yendang and Nimbari branches; speaker populations range from roughly half a million for Mumuye and over 100,000 for Vere down to about a hundred for Nimbari itself.
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Classification Confidence RegionNorthern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria 2 In the Other Atlases
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1. Glottolog: Central Adamawa (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 29
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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They are spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria.
Wikidata: Leko-Nimbari languages
Wikidata Q1708170, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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