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Eastern Grassfields
Mbam–Nkam
Geographic
distribution
Cameroon
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Bantoid
            • Grassfields
              • Narrow Grassfields
                • Eastern Grassfields
Subdivisions
  • Bamileke
  • Ngemba
  • Nkambe
  • Nun
Glottologmbam1249

The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, are a branch of the Grassfields languages including Bamun, Yamba and Bamileke.

There are four or five branches to the family:

  • Nkambe languages (north)
  • Mbam–Nkam (south)
    • Ngemba languages
    • Bamileke languages
    • Nun languages

Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.[citation needed]

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