Mbu’ language

Mbu’
Ajumbu
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	200 (2011)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid ? Western Beboid Mbu’
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`muc`
Glottolog	`mbuu1238`^[2]

Mbu’, or Ajumbu, is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family. Inasmuch as Western Beboid may be valid, Mbu’ would appear to be the most divergent of its languages.

"Mbu’" is the name of the village the language is spoken in.

References

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

Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
Good, Jeff, & Jesse Lovegren. 2009. 'Reassessing Western Beboid'. Bantu III.
Good, Jeff, & Scott Farrar. 2008. 'Western Beboid and African language classification'. LSA.

External links

ELAR archive of Ajumbu language documentation materials

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