The Momo languages are a group of
Grassfields languages spoken in the
Western High Plateau
The Western High Plateau, Western Highlands or Bamenda Grassfields is a region of Cameroon characterised by high relief, cool temperatures, heavy rainfall and savanna vegetation. The region lies along the Cameroon line and consists of mounta ...
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 ...
.
The languages are:
:
Meta' (Moghamo)–
Ngamambo,
Mundani,
Ngie (Mengum),
Ngoshie,
Ngwo
Ngwo is a town located in the south-eastern state of Enugu, Nigeria, with a population of about 100,000 people. The towns native population are of Igbo ethnicity.
History
Ngwo people descended from the man called Ngwu-Ako who lived at a place n ...
(Basa, Konda),
Njen,
Amasi
''Ethnologue'' 16 adds
Menka, but that is a
Southwest Grassfields (West Momo) language.
Blench (2010) notes there is little evidence that Momo belongs among the
Grassfields languages as it has been traditionally classified. (The erstwhile West Momo languages are clearly in the Grassfields family.) Momo may actually be closer to the poorly established
Tivoid group, though that may be an effect of contact.
See also
*
Momo word lists (Wiktionary)
References
*Blench, Roger. 2010.
The Momo and 'Western Momo' languages: branches of Grassfields'.
Languages of Cameroon
Southern Bantoid languages
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