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ISO 639-3 · nlanla
Niger–Congo family

Ngombale

Ngombale is a language of the Bamileke branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon.

5 · Developing
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
nla
Glottocode
ngom1271
Wikipedia
8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameNgombale
Also calledNgombale language, Ngombala, Bamileke-Ngombale

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 Ngombale

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

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch40Grassfields Bantubranch20Eastern Grassfieldsbranch11BamilekebranchnlaNgombalelanguage
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