Ngie language

Ngie
Pronunciation	ŋɡiə
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	37,000 (2001)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Momo Ngie
Dialects	Mengum
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ngj`
Glottolog	`ngie1242`^[2]

Ngie is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. A variety called Mengum is only 56% lexically similar, and so should perhaps be considered a distinct language.

References

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

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