Manenguba language
| Manenguba | |
|---|---|
| Ngoe | |
| Mbo | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Bakossi, Mbo, Bakaka, Bassossi |
Native speakers | 180,000 (1995–2004)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: mbo – Mbo bss – Akoose bqz – Kaka (Central Mbo) bsi – Sosi |
| Glottolog |
mane1268[2] |
A.15[3] | |
Manenguba, also known as Ngoe or the Mbo cluster, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is a dialect cluster spoken by several related peoples.
The name Manenguba is the mountain range the speakers live on. Ngoe is their legendary ancestor.
Dialects
The dialects in the cluster are:[3][4]
- Koose (Akɔɔse, Bakossi)
- The principal dialect
- Mbo (Mboo, Sambo)
- Kaka (Bakaka, Bakaa)
- Sosi (Bassossi)
There are many loan words from English, French and Douala.[5] When speaking of technical subjects, speakers will often revert to Pidgin English or English.[6]
References
- ↑ Mbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Akoose at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Kaka (Central Mbo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Sosi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Manenguba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ↑ According to Hedinger (1987), the Bafaw-Balong language included in Guthrie zone A.15 for cultural reasons needs to be excluded from Manenguba on linguistic grounds; Maho (2009) separates it as A.141.
- ↑ "The Bakossi Language". Bakossi Cultural & Development Association. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ Anne Schröder (2003). Status, functions, and prospects of Pidgin English: an empirical approach to language dynamics in Cameroon, Volume 1. Gunter Narr Verlag. p. 66. ISBN 3-8233-5821-9.
- Hedinger, Robert (1987), The Manenguba Languages (Bantu A. 15, Mbo Cluster) of Cameroon
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