Balo language

Balo
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	2,200 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Southwest Balo
Dialects	Alunfa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bqo`
Glottolog	`balo1264`^[2]

Balo is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. Alunfa is distinct, and perhaps should be considered a different language.

Balo and Alunfa are poorly documented, and for a time had been considered Tivoid languages.

References

↑ Balo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Balo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Grassfields Bantu languages

Ring
languages

Central	Babanki Bum Kom Kuk Kung Mmen Oku

Northern	Bamunka Kenswei Nsei Vengo Wushi

Western	Aghem Isu Laimbue Weh Zhoa

Other	Nso

Eastern
Grassfields

Bamileke

Western	Megaka Ngiemboon Ngombale Ngomba Ngwe Yemba

Eastern	Fe’fe’ Ghomálá’ Kwa’ Nda’nda’ Medumba

Other

Viti

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