Rombi language
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Lombi is a language spoken in the Meme
department of the Southwest Province of southwestern Cameroon
by the Barombi (Barumbi, Balombi) people. It has a lexical similarity
of 86% with Bankon
, which is spoken in the nearby Moungo
department of Littoral Province.
Meme (department)
Meme is a department of Southwest Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 3,105 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 300,318.The capital of the department lies at Kumba.-Subdivisions:...
department of the Southwest Province of southwestern 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...
by the Barombi (Barumbi, Balombi) people. It has a lexical similarity
Lexical similarity
In linguistics, lexical similarity is a measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar. A lexical similarity of 1 would mean a total overlap between vocabularies, whereas 0 means there are no common words....
of 86% with Bankon
Bankon language
Bankon is a Bantu language spoken in the Moungo department of the Littoral Province of southwestern Cameroon. It has a lexical similarity of 86% with Rombi which is spoken in the nearby Meme department of Southwest Province....
, which is spoken in the nearby Moungo
Moungo (department)
Moungo is a department of Littoral Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 3,723 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 452,722.The capital of the department lies at Nkongsamba.-Subdivisions:...
department of Littoral Province.