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Ngumba language

Ngumba is a language of Cameroon, spoken in the south along the coast and at the border with Equatorial Guinea by some 70 000 native speakers. Ngumba is a tonal language. As a Narrow Bantu language, it has noun class system. The Ngumba noun class system is somewhat reduced, having retained only 6 genders (a gender being a pairing of a singular and a plural noun class).


Ngumba
Spoken in: Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Region: along the coast at the border between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea
Total speakers: 70 000
Ranking: not in top 100
Genetic
classification:
Niger-Congo

 Atlantic-Congo
  Volta-Congo
   Benue-Congo
    Bantoid
     Southern
      Narrow Bantu
       Northwest
        Ngumba

Official status
Official language of: --
Regulated by: --
Language codes
ISO 639-2 bnt
SIL NMG