Mengaka

XMG

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bamileke-Mengaka, Benzing, Ghap, Megaka

Dialects: Bagam, Bamendjing (Bamendjin). Lexical similarity: 91% among villages, but no dialect differences reported.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Wide Grassfields
Narrow Grassfields
Mbam-Nkam
Bamileke

Demographics: 20,000 (1993 SIL).

Language Use: Also use some Bamun [bax] among older speakers. Youth also use French [fra].

Language Development: Interest in language development for schools and individual literacy.

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Distinct from Mungaka , (Bali), which is Mbam-Nkam, Noone ,.