The Mbwasa language is a
Southern Bantoid
Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and isolates of eastern Nigeria and west-central Cameroon (though the affiliation of some branc ...
language of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
. It is very similar to
Ki, and is sometimes considered a dialect of it.
References
* Blench, Roger, 2011.
The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. ''Bantu IV'', Humboldt University, Berlin.
Mbam languages
Languages of Cameroon
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