Alternate Names: Bamileke-Ngombale
Dialects: Babadjou (Basso, Nchobela), Bamessingue (Bassing).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 45,000 (1993 SIL), increasing.
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Cameroon Pidgin [wes] is also used. Many young people are bilingual in French [fra]. Many adults are bilingual in Ngiemboon [nnh]. Also use Ngomba [jgo].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Mostly women and children are literate in L1. Poetry.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Cameroon
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.