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Where is Mbessa spoken?

Mbessa is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Cameroon. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Mbessa is spoken

Mbessa is spoken in one country: Cameroon.

Country
Cameroon

Mbessa has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Mbessa?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Mbessa sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Mbessa as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Atlantic-Congo
  2. Volta-Congo
  3. Benue-Congo
  4. Bantoid
  5. Southern Bantoid
  6. Wide Grassfields
  7. Narrow Grassfields
  8. Ring
  9. Center-West Ring
  10. Center Ring
  11. Komic
  12. Mbessa

Related languages

Other languages in the Komic group:

More about Mbessa

Codes: ISO 639-3 emz, Glottolog mbes1239. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Mbessa

Where is Mbessa spoken?

Mbessa is spoken in Cameroon. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Mbessa in?

Glottolog places Mbessa in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern Bantoid, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Ring, Center-West Ring, Center Ring and Komic.

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