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Ring Languages
The Ring or Ring Road languages, spoken in the Western Grassfields of Cameroon, form a branch of the Narrow Grassfields languages. The best-known Ring language is Kom language (Cameroon), Kom. The family is named after the old Ring Road (Cameroon), Ring Road of central Cameroon. Languages *Centre: Babanki language, Babanki, Mmen language, Mmen, Kom language (Cameroon), Kom, Mbessa language, Mbessa, Bum language, Bum, Kung language (Cameroon), Kung, Kuk language, Kuk, Oku language, Oku *East: Nso language, Nso (Lamnso') *South: Vengo language, Vengo, Wushi language, Wushi, Bamunka language, Bamunka, Kenswei Nsei language, Kenswei Nsei *West: Aghem language, Aghem, Isu language, Isu, Laimbue language, Laimbue, Weh language, Weh, Zhoa language, Zhoa See also *Wiktionary:Appendix:List of Proto-Ring reconstructions, List of Proto-Ring reconstructions (Wiktionary) References External links *Ethnographic information on the Bum peopl Ring languages, Grassfields Bantu languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea, and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Cameroon's population of nearly 31 million people speak 250 native languages, in addition to the national tongues of English and French, or both. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad and the Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese discoveries, Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |