Ring languages

Ring
Ring Road
Geographic distribution:	Nigeria and Cameroon
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Narrow Ring

Glottolog:	`ring1243`^[1]

The Ring or Ring Road languages, spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon, are sister group to the Bantu languages. The best known Ring language is Kom.

The family is named after the old Ring Road of central Cameroon.

Languages

Center: Babanki, Mmen, Kom, Bum, Kung, Kuk, Oku
East: Nso (Lamnso')
North: Vengo, Wushi, Bamunka, Kenswei Nsei
West: Aghem, Isu, Laimbue, Weh, Zhoa

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ring". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

Ethnographic information on the Bum people

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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