Menchum language

Bantu language of Cameroon
Menchum
Befang
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
3,000 (2000)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Grassfields
              • Menchum
Dialects
  • Modele–Ushaku
  • Bangui–Befang–Obang
  • Okoromandjang
Language codes
ISO 639-3bby
Glottologbefa1241

Menchum, or Befang, is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.

Befang is the local town and also the name of the Menchum dialect spoken there.

References

  1. ^ Menchum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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