The Nun languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields Bantoid languages within the Mbam-Nkam branch of the Niger-Congo family, spoken by the Bamum and related peoples of the Grassfields region of western Cameroon. The group comprises around eight languages and dialect clusters, including Bamum, Bafanji, Bangolan, Bambalang and Munga'ka, centered on the historic Bamum kingdom.
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The Nun languages are a group of Eastern Grassfields languages spoken by the Bamum (Mum) and related peoples of the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.
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