Banner: "traditional bamileke bronze sculpture of horse in front of royal palace in batoufam in in west region of Cameroon"
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Area: Cameroon
Language Family: Niger-Congo...>> Benue Congo >> Bantoid >> Southern Bantoid >> Grassfield >> Eastern Grassfield >> Mbam-Nkam
Bamileke is a group of languages spoken by the Bamileke in the western grasslands of Cameroon. The languages, which might constitute two branches of Eastern Grassfields, are from Western Bamileke: Məgaka, Ngombale, Ngomba, and the 'Bamboutos' dialect cluster of Yɛmba, Ngyɛmbɔɔŋ, and Ŋwe. From Eastern Bamileke:Fe'fe', Ghɔmálá’(Ghomala'), kwa', Nda’nda', Mədʉmba(Medumba).
Bamileke is not currently taught on the IU campus, but we do have access to archived materials of its Bafut dialect.