Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 15th ed. Dallas: SIL International. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
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makaa, njem, languages, caribbean, drink, mauby, group, bantu, languages, spoken, cameroon, central, african, republic, equatorial, guinea, gabon, republic, congo, they, coded, zone, guthrie, classification, makaa, njemgeographicdistributionsouthern, cameroon,. For the Caribbean drink see Mauby The Makaa Njem languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon the Central African Republic Equatorial Guinea Gabon and the Republic of the Congo They are coded Zone A 80 in Guthrie s classification Makaa NjemGeographicdistributionSouthern Cameroon and neighbouring areasLinguistic classificationNiger Congo Atlantic CongoBenue CongoSouthern BantoidBantu Zone A 80 90 Makaa NjemSubdivisionsMvumboic Kwasio Pomo BomwaliGlottologmaka1323The Makaa Njem languages excluding Kako According to Nurse amp Philippson 2003 adding the Kako languages Guthrie s A 90 forms a valid node called Pomo Bomwali Kairn Klieman 1997 Contents 1 Languages 1 1 Kako 1 2 Makaa Njem 2 Notes 3 ReferencesLanguages EditKako Edit The Guthrie Kako A 90 languages are Kwakum Pol Pomo Kweso Pomo Kweso Kako Makaa Njem Edit The Guthrie Makaa Njem A 80 languages are Language name Primary location Secondary location s Ethnic group s No speakers 1 RemarksBekwel Congo Cameroon Gabon Bekwel 12 060 Close to Nkonabeeb and Koonzime Cameroonian speakers also use Mpongmpong 2 Bomwali Congo Cameroon Bomwali 39 280Byep Cameroon None Maka 9 500 Also called North Makaa though not intelligible with Makaa 3 Kol Cameroon Gabon Bekol 12 000 Speakers use Makaa or Koonzime as well 4 Koonzime Cameroon None Badwe e Nzime 30 000 Badwe e speak Koozime dialect Nzime speak Koonzime dialect Used as a second language by many Baka 5 Makaa Cameroon None Maka 80 000 Related to Byep North Makaa and Kol although unintelligible with them 6 Mpiemo Central African Republic Cameroon Congo Mbimu 29 000Mpumpong Cameroon None Nkonabeeb 45 000Ngumba Kwasio Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Mabi Ngumba Bujeba Gyele Koya Kola 22 000 The Gyele are PygmiesNjyem Cameroon Congo Njyem 7 000 Spoken by many Baka as a second language 7 Swo Cameroon None Swo 9 000 High level of influence from Beti 8 Ukhwejo Central African Republic None Benkonjo 2 000Maho 2009 adds Shiwe Oshieba of central Gabon Glottolog classifies the languages as follows 9 Makaa Kako A 80 90 languages Kako or Mkako Nkoxo Dikaka Yaka Kwakum or Kpakum Pakum Bakum Abakum Abakoum Akpwakum Pol or Pol Pori Pul Azom Polri Kinda Pomo Kweso Pomo Kweso Makaa Njem A 80 languages Bomwali or Bomali Boumoali Bumali Lino Sangasanga Yambe Mpoic languages Mpongmpong or Mpumpong Pongpong Mpompo Mpopo Mbombo Bombo Bekwil or Bekwie Bekwel Bakwil Bakwele Okpele Njemic languages Koonzime or Kooncimo Koozhime Koozime Nzime Njyem or Nyem Njem Ndjem Ndjeme Ndzem Ngyeme Djem Dzem Mpiemo Ukhwejo languages Mpiemo or Mpyemo Mbyemo Mbimou Mbimu Bimu Mpo Ukhwejo or Benkonjo Western A80 languages Mvumboic languages Gyele or Guiele Giele Gieli Gyeli Bogyeli Bondjiel Bajeli Babinga Bakola Bakuele Bekoe Likoya Kwasio or Kwassio Bisio Bissio Bisiwo Bujeba Mabi Mabea Ngumba Mgoumba Ngoumba Mvumbo Shiwe or Shiwa Chiwa Oshieba Ossyeba Makaaic languages Byep Besep or North Makaa Byep Besep Makaa or South Makaa Kol or Bikele Bikay Bikele Bikeng Bikele and Bekol So or Sso Swo Shwo Fo Notes Edit All totals are based on the relevant Ethnologue pages Bekwel Ethnologue Byep Ethnologue Kol Ethnologue Koonzime Ethnologue Kol Ethnologue Njyem Ethnologue So Ethnologue Hammarstrom Harald Forke Robert Haspelmath Martin Bank Sebastian eds 2020 Makaa Njem A 80 Glottolog 4 3 References EditNurse Derek Philippson Gerard eds 2003 The Bantu languages London Routledge ISBN 9780700711345 Gordon Raymond G Jr ed 2005 Ethnologue Languages of the World 15th ed Dallas SIL International Retrieved 7 June 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Makaa Njem languages amp oldid 1089653563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
