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(Redirected from Befang) Bantu language of Cameroon

Menchum
Befang
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	3,000 (2000)
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 639-3	`bby`
Glottolog	`befa1241`

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

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

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Grassfields languages

Central	Babanki Bum Kom Kuk Kung Mmen Oku
Southern	Bamunka Kenswei Nsei Vengo Wushi
Western	Aghem Isu Laimbue Weh Zhoa
Other	Nso

Eastern
Grassfields

Western	Megaka Ngiemboon Ngombale Ngomba Ngwe Yemba
Eastern	Fe’fe’ Ghomálá’ Kwa’ Nda’nda’ Medumba

Metaʼ (Moghamo)
Ngamambo
Mundani
Ngie (Mengum)
Ngoshie
Ngwo (Basa, Konda)
Njen
Amasi

Others

Viti
? Ndemli
? Ambele
? Menchum (Befang)

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