- Naki language
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Naki Munkaf Spoken in Cameroon, Nigeria Native speakers 5,000
3,000 in Cameroon (1993)Language family Niger–Congo- Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
- Bantoid
- Southern
- Eastern Beboid
- Naki
- Eastern Beboid
- Southern
- Bantoid
- Benue–Congo
Language codes ISO 639-3 variously:
mff – (Cameroon)
buz – Bukwen
jms – MashiNaki, or Munkaf, is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon and Nigeria. There is no name for the language; it is know by the villages it is spoken in, including Naki and Mekaf (Munkaf) in Cameroon and Bukwen and Mashi in Nigeria, the latter listed as separate languages by Ethnologue, though they are not distinct.
References
- Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
Categories:- Beboid languages
- Niger-Congo language stubs
- Atlantic–Congo
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