Rombi (Lombi) is a Bantu language spoken in the
Meme
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department of the
Southwest Province
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of southwestern
Cameroon
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by the ''Barombi (Barumbi, Balombi)'' people. It has a
lexical similarity
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of 86% with
Bankon
Bankon is a town and sub-prefecture in the Siguiri Prefecture in the Kankan Region of northern Guinea near the border with Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤠...
, which is spoken in the nearby
Moungo department of
Littoral Province.
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References
Languages of Cameroon
Basaa languages
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