Mfumte language
| Mfumte | |
|---|---|
| Region | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Mfumte |
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Native speakers
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(25,000 Mfumte dialect cited 1982) 6,000 Kwaja and Ndaktup (2000), unknown number Fum |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: |
| Glottolog |
mfum1239 Mfumteicfumm1238 Fum
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Mfumte (Nfumte) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. It is not clear if the four varieties spoken by ethnic Mfumte—Ndaktup, Kwaja, Fum and Mfumte proper—are mutually intelligible or distinct languages; ability to community may be either due to inherent intelligibility or to bilingualism, while Fum and Mfumte may simply be the Nigerian and Cameroonian names for the same language.
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