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ISO 639-3 · mddmdd
Niger–Congo family

Mbum

Mbum is a language of the Adamawa branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata describes it as “Adamawa language of Cameroon”.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mdd
Glottocode
mbum1254
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMbum
Also calledWest Mbum

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Mbum

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch53Adamawa–Ubangibranch9AdamawabranchmddMbumlanguage
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