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Ring
Ring Road
Geographic distribution	Cameroon, Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Narrow Ring
Language codes
Glottolog	`ring1243`

The Ring or Ring Road languages, spoken in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon, form a branch of the Narrow Grassfields languages. The best-known Ring language is Kom.

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

Languages

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

See also

List of Proto-Ring reconstructions (Wiktionary)

References

External links

Ethnographic information on the Bum people

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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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