Bamun

BAX

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Alternate Names: Bamoum, Bamoun, Bamum, Shupamem

Dialects: None known. Related to Bafanji ,, Bamali ,, Bambalang ,, and Bangolan ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Wide Grassfields
Narrow Grassfields
Mbam-Nkam
Nun

Demographics: 215,000 (1982 SIL).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Mengaka [xmg].

Language Development: Bible: 1988.

Writing System: Bamum, Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon