Mambila, Cameroon

MCU

developing

Alternate Names: Bang, Bea, Ble, Juli, Lagubi, Mambere, Mambilla, Nor, Tagbo, Tongbo, Torbi

Dialects: Ju Ba, Ju Naare (Mambila de Gembu), Langa, Sunu Torbi (Torbi). Closely related to Mvanlip , (Magu) in Nigeria. Reportedly similar to Mambila , of Nigeria. A continuum of related varieties; one end unintelligible to speakers of the other. Langa inherently intelligible to some, but not most others. At least 4 dialects in Cameroon.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Northern
Mambiloid
Mambila-Konja
Mambila

Demographics: 30,000 (1993 UBS).

Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 2001.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Muslim.