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Metaʼ language

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(Redirected from Widikum language) Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon For other uses, see Metalanguage (disambiguation).
Metaʼ
Native toCameroon
Native speakers190,000 (2010)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Moghamo
  • Ngamambo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mgo – Metaʼ
nbv – Ngamambo
Glottologmeta1238

Metaʼ is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. The Moghamo variety is perhaps divergent enough to be considered a separate language. Ngamambo is 88% similar lexically to Meta’, and often is considered separate.

References

  1. Metaʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ngamambo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Grassfields languages
Ring
Central
Southern
Western
Other
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Grassfields
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Eastern
Ngemba
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Nun
Momo
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