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Bamileke languages

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The Bamileke languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamileke people of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

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Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
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Number of Languages
11 1
Region
Western High Plateau of Cameroon 2
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The Bamileke languages (Bamileke languages: Bamiléké) are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamileke people in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
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1. Glottolog: Bamileke (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 11
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Bamileke languages - Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    Western High Plateau of Cameroon
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Bamileke
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Wikidata: Bamileke languages
Wikidata Q806005, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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