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ISO 639-3 · jgojgo
Niger–Congo family

Ngomba

Ngomba is a language of the Bamileke branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata counts about 63,000 speakers (1999).

5 · DevelopingLatn63,000
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
jgo
Glottocode
ngom1272
Wikipedia
10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameNgomba
Also calledNgomba language
All speakers63,000 (1999)
Written inLatin script

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 Ngomba

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch40Grassfields Bantubranch20Eastern Grassfieldsbranch11BamilekebranchjgoNgombalanguage
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