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Beboid
Geographic
distribution
Southwest Cameroon, southeast Nigeria
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Beboid
Subdivisions
  • Eastern Beboid
  • Fang
  • Koshin
  • Mundabli–Buu
  • Mungbam–Missong
  • Ajumbu–Lung
  • Furu?
GlottologNone
bebo1243  (Eastern Beboid + Bikya)
yemn1234  (Yemne–Kimbi)
The Beboid languages shown in western Cameroon and eastern Nigeria

The Beboid languages are any of several groups of languages spoken principally in southwest Cameroon, although two languages (Bukwen and Mashi) are spoken over the border in Nigeria. They are probably not most closely related to each other. The Eastern Beboid languages may be most closely related to the Tivoid and Momo groups, though some of the geographical Western Beboid grouping may be closer to Ekoid and Bantu.

Previous research includes a study of noun classes in Beboid languages by Jean-Marie Hombert (1980), Larry Hyman (1980, 1981), a dissertation by Richards (1991) concerning the phonology of three eastern Beboid languages (Noni, Ncane and Nsari), Lux (2003) a Noni lexicon and Cox (2005) a phonology of Kemezung.

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Beboid languages

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Southern Bantoid languages

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and East Beboid may form a group, perhaps with the uncertain languages Esimbi and Buru–Angwe: ? Bendi Tivoid–Beboid: Tivoid, Esimbi, East Beboid, ? Buru–Angwe...

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Noni language

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The Noni language, also called Noone, is an Eastern Beboid language of the Niger–Congo family in Cameroon. The Noone, Ncane, and Mungong varieties are...

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Busuu language

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non-Jukunoid languages, among which Bikya and Bishuo are probably Beboid, but Busuu has been unable to be classified. All of these languages were spoken...

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Languages of Cameroon

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Niger–Congo languages. This latter group comprises one Senegambian language (Fulfulde), 28 Adamawa languages, and 142 Benue–Congo languages (130 of which...

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Grassfields languages

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Western Beboid Viti (Vötö) is unclassified Narrow Grassfields. The Eastern Grassfields languages share nasal noun-class prefixes with the Bantu languages, which...

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Languages of Nigeria

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Bantoid languages, which are the languages immediately ancestral to Bantu. These include Mambiloid, Ekoid of Cross River State, Bendi, Beboid, Grassfields...

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Naki language

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Naki, or Munkaf, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon and Nigeria. There is no name for the language; it is known by the villages it is spoken in...

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Bikya language

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the last Bikya speaker. It, and presumably all of Furu, is perhaps a Beboid language. Breton, Roland (1995) 'Les Furu et leur voisins', Cahier Sciences...

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Lung language

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is a poorly attested extinct language that appears to have been closely related to Ajumbu, a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. Pierpaolo Di Carlo...

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Bantu languages

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Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...

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Languages of Africa

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has over 500 languages (according to SIL Ethnologue), one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in the world. The languages of Africa belong...

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Missong language

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Missong is a Southern Bantoid language of the Lower Fungom region of Cameroon, spoken in the village of Missong [fr]. It is closely related to Mungbam...

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Koshin language

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Koshin is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to...

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Chung language

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Chung (Cung) is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon. earlier grouped with Mbuk language in cug Chung at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Blench, Roger,...

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Mundabli language

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Mundabli is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to...

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Fio language

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Fio is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon. List of endangered languages in Africa v t e...

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Kwa languages

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The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...

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Mbuk language

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Mbuk is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon. Earlier grouped with Chung language in cug Mbuk at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) v t e...

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Gur languages

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of the Dagaare language are also found in Cameroon. The Samu languages of Burkina Faso are Gur languages. Like most Niger–Congo languages, the ancestor...

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List of language families

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language isolates by continent Lists of languages List of proposed language families "What are the largest language families?". Ethnologue. May 25, 2019...

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Bebe language

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Bebe, or Naami, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon. According to Ethnologue, it's 85% lexically similar to Kemezung. Bebe at Ethnologue (18th ed...

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Misaje

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All mentioned so far are similar, grouped by linguists as Eastern Beboid languages. More distantly related, Jukun is spoken to the north around Gidan-Jikum...

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Saari language

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Saari, or Nsari, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon. According to Ethnologue, it's 84% lexically similar to Ncane, making it very close to the...

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Mande languages

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The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding; [needs IPA]) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples. They include...

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