The Eastern Grassfields languages are a branch of the Grassfields languages, part of the Bantoid group of Niger-Congo, spoken across the Western High Plateau of Cameroon. The branch includes Bamun, Yamba and the Bamileke languages, organized into further Ngemba and Nkambe subdivisions.
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Classification Confidence RegionWestern High Plateau, Cameroon 2 In the Other Atlases
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1. Glottolog: Mbam-Nkam (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 36
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, are a branch of the Grassfields languages including Bamun, Yamba and Bamileke.
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