Ring languages
Encyclopedia
The Ring or Ring Road languages, spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon
, are sister group to the Bantu languages
. The best known Ring language is Kom
.
The family is named after the old Ring Road of central Cameroon.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, are sister group to the Bantu languages
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
. The best known Ring language is Kom
Kom language
The Kom language, Itaŋikom, is the language spoken by the Kom people of Cameroon. Schultz 1997a and Schutz 1997b contain a comprehensive description of the language's grammar.Kom is a tonal language with three tones.-References:*...
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The family is named after the old Ring Road of central Cameroon.
Languages
- Center: Babanki, Mmen, KomKom languageThe Kom language, Itaŋikom, is the language spoken by the Kom people of Cameroon. Schultz 1997a and Schutz 1997b contain a comprehensive description of the language's grammar.Kom is a tonal language with three tones.-References:*...
, Bum, Kung, Kuk, Oku - East: Nso (Lamnso')
- North: Vengo, Wushi, Bamunka, Kenswei Nsei
- West: AghemAghem languageAghem is a Bantoid language spoken in the Wum Central Sub-division in Menchum Division of the North West Region of Cameroon in the continent of Africa. Aghem is a tribe consisting of over 60 matrilineal clans and intramarriage is forbidden among the matriclans.The term Aghem refers to the...
, Isu, Laimbue, Weh, Zhoa
External links
- Ethnographic information on the Bum people http://www.era.anthropology.ac.uk/Era_Resources/Era/Kingdom_Bum/main.html