Mambila language

Mambila
Spoken in	Nigeria and Cameroon
Native speakers	130,000  (1993)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Mambiloid Mambila–Konja Mambila–Vute Mambila
Language codes
ISO 639-3	either: mzk – Nigerian Mambila mcu – Camerounian Mambila

Mambila is a Bantoid dialect chain stretching across Nigeria and Cameroon. Notable dialects are Barup, Bang, Dorofi, Gembu, Hainari, Kabri, Mayo Ndaga, Mbamnga, Tamien, Warwar (in Nigeria); Ju Ba, Sunu Torbi (Torbi), Ju Naare (Gembu), Langa (in Cameroun). It goes by numerous names, which, besides the dialectical names, include Bea, Ble, Juli, Lagubi, Nor, Nor Tagbo, Tongbo, and the spellings Mabila, Mambere, Mambilla.

Tep is generally considered a dialect, but though Tep speakers are ethnically Mambila, their speech is not intelligible to other varieties.

Blacksmiths among the Mambila once spoke Somyev, a related Mambiloid language, though this is nearly extinct.

External links

• Map of Mambila (Mambere) language of Cameroon from the Ll-Map project
• Information on the Mambila language of Cameroon from the MultiTree project
• Map of Mambila language of Nigeria from the LL-Map project
• Information on the Mambila language of Nigeria from the MultiTree project