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ISO 639-3 · meamea
Niger–Congo family

Menka

Menka is a language of the Southwest Grassfields branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata describes it as “culture of pinyin/menka”.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mea
Glottocode
menk1238
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
8levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameMenka
Also calledMenka language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

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 Menka

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch40Grassfields Bantubranch3Southwest GrassfieldsbranchmeaMenkalanguage
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