Grassfields languages

Grassfields
Grassfields
Wide Grassfields
Geographic; distribution	Western High Plateau of Cameroon and Taraba state of Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields; ; ; ; ; ;
Proto-language	Proto-Grassfields
Subdivisions	Narrow Grassfields; Ambele; Menchum;
Glottolog	wide1239
	Clickable map of the Grassfields languages and their subfamilies in western Cameroon

The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon and some parts of Taraba state, Nigeria. Better known Grassfields languages include the Eastern Grassfields languages, Bamun, Yamba, Bali, and Bafut and the Ring languages, Kom, Nso, and Oku. Almost all of these languages are closely related, sharing approximately half of their vocabulary.

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