ISO 639-3 · mbombo
Niger–Congo family
Mbo
Mbo is a language of the Northwest Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata counts about 70,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language of Cameroon”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mbo- Glottocode
mboc1235- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
8levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Mbo |
|---|---|
| Also called | Mboo, Sambo, Mbo language |
| All speakers | 70,000 |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Mbo
The branches above Mbo, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Cameroon
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbasBasaaNiger–Congo · 230,0005 · DevelopingetuEkoiNiger–Congo · 116,7005 · DevelopingjgoNgombaNiger–Congo · 63,0005 · Developing