Metaʼ language

Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon

Metaʼ
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	190,000 (2010)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Momo Metaʼ
Dialects	Moghamo Ngamambo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `mgo` – Metaʼ `nbv` – Ngamambo
Glottolog	`meta1238`

Metaʼ is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. The Moghamo variety is perhaps divergent enough to be considered a separate language. Ngamambo is 88% similar lexically to Meta’, and often is considered separate.

References

^ Metaʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Ngamambo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Grassfields languages

Ring

Central	Babanki Bum Kom Kuk Kung Mmen Oku
Southern	Bamunka Kenswei Nsei Vengo Wushi
Western	Aghem Isu Laimbue Weh Zhoa
Other	Nso

Eastern
Grassfields

Western	Megaka Ngiemboon Ngombale Ngomba Ngwe Yemba
Eastern	Fe’fe’ Ghomálá’ Kwa’ Nda’nda’ Medumba

Metaʼ (Moghamo)
Ngamambo
Mundani
Ngie (Mengum)
Ngoshie
Ngwo (Basa, Konda)
Njen
Amasi

Others

Viti
? Ndemli
? Ambele
? Menchum (Befang)

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