Alternate Names: Mandankwe, Mendankwe
Dialects: Mendankwe (Bamenda, Munda), Nkwen (Bafreng). The Mendankwe dialect has 74% intelligibility of the Nkwen dialect; Nkwen 79% intelligibility of Mendankwe. Socially very distinct groups. Related to Ngemba ,, Bafut ,, Pinyin ,, Awing ,, and Bambili-Bambui ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 23,100 (2001 SIL).
Language Use: Also use French [fra].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%.
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Cameroon