Ghomala '
| Ghomala '(Ghomálá') | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Cameroon ( Western Province ) | |
| speaker | 260,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
bbj |
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The Ghomálá ' (translated "language of the country / village") is one of the eleven bantoid Bamileke languages .
It comes from the standard dialect of the Bandjoun and is a written language that is also used by speakers of other Bamileke languages.
localization
The Ghomala 'is mainly spoken in the Western Province of Cameroon:
- Mifi , Koung-Khi and Hauts-Plateaux : Most of the three departments (except the extreme south and parts of the north and west)
- Menoua : east of the department
- in the Bambouto massif
The language had 260,000 speakers in 1982 and, like the other Bamileke languages, belongs to the Semibantu family .
Dialects
- Central Ghomálá '( Bandjoun , Jo, We, Hom, Yogam , Baham ),
- North Ghomálá '( Fusap , Lang ),
- South Ghomálá '(Te, Pa, Dengkwop)
- Ngemba ( Bamenjou , Bafunda , Bansoua , Baméka , Bamougoum ).
The sub-dialects of Baméka, Bansoa and Balessing come from the southern Ghomala '. The Northern Ghomálá 'has two sub-dialects, the Central Ghomala' has four and the Ngemba has 5.
Web links
- Apprendre le Ghomà là 'à Bandjoun .
- Ethnologue : see individual references
- Liens Ngemba: see also http://www.bameka.com , Bamougoum