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Languages of Cameroon

The Linguasphere Register records 26 entries for Cameroon, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

26Register entries
4Sectors present
13Zones
9Language entries

0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Cameroon

CodeEntryLevelNote
02=SAHARICZoneCovers the "Saharan" or "East-Saharan" grouping (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
03=SUDANICZoneCovers the "Central Sudanic" grouping (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
12=SEMITICZoneCovers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
17=CHARICZoneCovers the "East Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic …
18-FBA-cdmazagwayInnermusgoi, musgoy, musugeu, ’fali’-musgoy, daba-musgoy.
18=MANDARICZoneCovers the "Biu + Mandara" or "Central Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic …
19=BAUCHICZoneCovers the "West Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic …
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
90-BAA-bFulfulde-EOuterpart of "fula", ful-be community, pul-lo person, in [19] Hausa: fulani, fulatanci, filanci, in [51] Français: peulh …
90-BAA-bffula-gombeInnerGombe
90-BAA-bgfula-adamawaInnerYola… Garoua
90=ATLANTICZoneCovers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity.
92=ADAMAWICZoneCovers the "Adamawa" reference area within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental …
93=UBANGICZoneCovers the "Ubangian" or "Eastern" grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider "Transafrican …
98=BENUICZoneCovers the "Benue+East Kwa" reference area (the north-western section of "old Benue-Congo", plus the eastern section of …
99-AGC-acffo-lepiVariety-lepi.
99-AGC-acifo-nangeVariety-nange.
99-AGD-aafungomInnerFungom environs
99-AGD-abe-suInnerWum>E.
99-AGD-ada-ghemInnerWum environs
99-AGD-bdba-bankiInnerBabanki
99-AGE-ibfba-fangiVarietyba-fanji.
99-AUC-ada-vekInner-vek, vuk, ba-fök, ba-fuk, ba-fek, ba-feuk, feuk, part of ’feuk’.
99=BANTUICZoneCovers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old …

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