Mpumpong language

Mpumpong (Mpongmpong) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Maho (2009) considers Mpiemo to be a dialect.

Mpumpong
Mpumpoŋ
Pronunciation[pʰùpʰôŋ]
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
(75,000, incl. Konabem cited 1991–1996)[1]
Niger–Congo
Dialects
  • Mezime (Medjime)
  • Mpiemo
  • Mpumpong
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mgg  Mpumpong
mcx  Mpiemo
Glottologmpon1254  Mpongmpong
mpie1238  Mpiemo
A.86[2]

The digraph mp is pronounced like an English p.

References

  1. Mpumpong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Mpiemo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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