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Njerep
Native toCameroon
RegionAdamawa Region, Cameroon
Extinct1998[1]
4 (2018)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Mambiloid
        • Mambila–Konja
          • Njerep
Language codes
ISO 639-3njr
Glottolognjer1242
ELPNjerep

Njerep (Njerup) is a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. Njerep is essentially extinct, with only 4 people who speak it at home (in 2018).[2] Though word lists and grammatical information have been collected from these people, the information remains fragmented.

  1. ^ a b Connell, Bruce; Zeitlyn, David (1 June 2000). "Njerep a postcard from the edge". Studies in African Linguistics. 29 (1): 1–41. doi:10.32473/sal.v29i1.107369. S2CID 141021811.
  2. ^ Marques, Nuno (13 June 2018). "Quali sono le lingue meno parlate al mondo?" [What are the least spoken languages in the world?]. La rivista di Babbel (in Italian).

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