Central Yambasa language

Southern Bantoid language spoken in Cameroon
Central Yambasa
Native toCameroon
EthnicityYambassa
Native speakers
(17,000 cited 1982–2014)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Mbam
          • Yambasa
            • Central Yambasa
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
ekm – Elip
mmu – Mmaala
yav – Yangben
Glottologelip1238  Elip
mmaa1238  Mmaala
yang1293  Nuasue
A.62[2]

Central Yambasa or Nuasua (Nuaswa[3]) is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.[4]

References

  1. ^ Elip at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mmaala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Yangben at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
  4. ^ Maho (2009)
  • v
  • t
  • e
Mbam languages
Sanaga
  • Leti
  • Tuki
West
  • Bati
  • Nomaande
  • Nyokon
  • Tunen
  • Tuotomb
  • Yambeta
YambasaJarawanOther
  • v
  • t
  • e
Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B) (by Guthrie classification)
Zone A
A10
A20
A30
A40
A50
A60
A70
A80
A90
Zone B
B10
B20
B30
B40
B50
B60
B70
B80
  • Italics indicate extinct languages.
  • Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
  • The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)


Stub icon

This article about Southern Bantoid languages is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e