Makaa–Njem languages

Makaa–Njem
Geographic distribution:	Southern Cameroon and neighboring areas
Linguistic classification:	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone A.80–90) Makaa–Njem
Subdivisions:	Mvumboic (Kwasio) Pomo–Bomwali
Glottolog:	maka1323
The Makaa–Njem languages (excluding Kako)

The Makaa–Njem languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo. They are coded Zone A.80 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), adding the Kako languages (Guthrie's A.90) forms a valid node, called Pomo–Bomwali (Kairn Klieman 1997).

The Guthrie Kako (A.90) languages are:

The Guthrie Makaa–Njem (A.80) languages are:

Maho (2009) adds Shiwe (Oshieba) of central Gabon.

Glottolog classifies the languages as follows: