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ISO 639-3 · mijmij
Niger–Congo family

Mungbam

Mungbam is a language of the Southern Bantoid branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon.

6b · Threatened
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mij
Glottocode
abar1238
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
6levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameMungbam
Also calledMungbam language, Abar

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 Mungbam

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern BantoidbranchmijMungbamlanguage
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