Medumba

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
byv
Alternate Names
Bagangte, Bamileke-Medumba, Bangangte
Autonym
Medumba
User Population

210,000 (1991 UBS).

Location

Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division; Littoral region: Nkam division, border area; West region: Ndé division, Bangangté and Tonga subdivisions east of Bangangté.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication). Grassfields language, originated in the Nde division of the West Region of Cameroon. Used as a church language by Protestant missionaries in the early 1900s.

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nun
Dialects

Batongtou.

Language Use

Most also use French [fra]. Some also use Nda’nda’ [nnz]. A few also use Bamun [bax]. A few also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes]. A few also use English [eng]. Used as L2 by Ghomálá’ [bbj], Ngomba [jgo].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. Orthography developed in 1926 by Protestant missionaries. Taught as subject in most primary and secondary schools. Texts. Bible: 1992.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Medumba
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.