Kemedzung

DMO

vigorous

Alternate Names: Dumbo, Dzumbo, Kemezung, Kumaju

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 85% with Naami ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Beboid

Demographics: 4,500 (2001 SIL).

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes], English [eng], Naami [bzv]. Used as L2 by Naami [bzv].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy program started in 2011. Schooling is in English.

Typology: SVO; noun head initial; 14 noun classes; content question word position predominantly clause final; clause constituents marked by word order; 19 consonant phonemes, 9 vowel phonemes; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon