Mundabli 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 traditionally classified as a
Western Beboid
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 E ...
language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family.
"Mundabli" is a village name. The language is spoken in the villages of Mundabli and Mufu. The neighboring village of Buu speaks a
distinct language.
Phonology
There are four tones; extra high, high, mid, and low.
References
* Blench, Roger, 2011
'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu' ''Bantu IV'', Humboldt University, Berlin.
*Good, Jeff, & Jesse Lovegren. 2009
'Reassessing Western Beboid' Bantu III.
*Good, Jeff, & Scott Farrar. 2008
'Western Beboid and African language classification' LSA.
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Beboid languages
Languages of Cameroon
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