Mungbam

MIJ

threatened

Alternate Names: Abar

Dialects: Abar, Biya, Missong, Munken, Ngun. Missong is divergent from the other four dialects as far as mutual intelligibility is concerned.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Yemne-Kimbi

Demographics: 400 (Good et al. 2011).

Language Use: Vigorous.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Mungbam is an acronym made up of the initial syllables of the 5 villages where the language is spoken. No actual autonymn for the language.