Njem language

Njem
Njyem
Native to Cameroon, Republic of Congo
Native speakers
unknown (undated figure of 3,500 in Congo)[1]
4,400 in Cameroon (2005)[2]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 njy
Glottolog njye1238[3]
A.84[4]

Njem (Njyem) is a Bantu language of Congo and Cameroon. Speakers are mostly (85%) monolingual, and many Baka Pygmies speak Njema as a second language.

References

  1. Njem at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
  2. Njem language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Njyem". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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