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Where is Ndumu spoken?

Ndumu is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Gabon. 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 Ndumu is spoken

Ndumu is spoken in one country: Gabon.

Country
Gabon

Ndumu 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 Ndumu?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Threatened. Glottolog lists it as threatened: it is still spoken by all generations, but there are signs that the number of speakers is falling.

Where Ndumu sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Ndumu 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. Narrow Bantu
  7. Central-Western Bantu
  8. West-Coastal Bantu
  9. Nzadic
  10. Lweric
  11. Dingic
  12. Loange-Atlantic
  13. Kwilu-Ngounie
  14. Kasai-Ngounie
  15. Moyen Kasai-Ngounie
  16. Interior Kasai-Ngounie
  17. West Kasai-Ngounie
  18. Northwest Kasai-Ngounie
  19. Mbere (B.60)
  20. Tsitsekeic
  21. Lekaningic
  22. Ndumu

Related languages

Other languages in the Lekaningic group:

More about Ndumu

Codes: ISO 639-3 nmd, Glottolog ndum1239. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Ndumu

Where is Ndumu spoken?

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

Which language family is Ndumu in?

Glottolog places Ndumu in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern Bantoid, Narrow Bantu, Central-Western Bantu, West-Coastal Bantu, Nzadic, Lweric, Dingic, Loange-Atlantic, Kwilu-Ngounie, Kasai-Ngounie, Moyen Kasai-Ngounie, Interior Kasai-Ngounie, West Kasai-Ngounie, Northwest Kasai-Ngounie, Mbere (B.60), Tsitsekeic and Lekaningic.

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