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ISO 639-3 · mlbmlb
Niger–Congo family

Mbule

Mbule is a language of the Mbure–Yambassa branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata describes it as “Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon”.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mlb
Glottocode
mbul1262
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
12levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameMbule
Also calledDumbule, Mbola, Mbule language, Mbure

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 level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Mbule

The branches above Mbule, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch29Mbam–Bubi–Jarawanbranch15Mbambranch13Nuclear Mbambranch6Bati–Mbure–Yambassabranch5Mbure–YambassabranchmlbMbulelanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the index

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 CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication