Southwest Grassfields languages
The Southwest Grassfields, traditionally called Western Momo when considered part of the Momo group or when Momo is included in Grassfields, are a small branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon.
| Southwest Grassfields | |
|---|---|
| Western Momo | |
| Geographic distribution | Cameroon |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo?
|
| Glottolog | sout3181 |
The languages are Manta (Tanka, Batakpa), Balo (Alunfa), Osatu, Busam, Menka–Atoŋ.
Several of these have been classified as Tivoid, a position reflected in Ethnologue.
Classification
Blench (2010) recognises five coordinate subgroups within Southwest Grassfields.[1]
- Southwest Grassfields
Footnotes
- Blenh, Roger (2010). "Classification of Momo and West Momo" (PDF).
References
- Blench, Roger (2010) Classification of Momo and West Momo
- Roger Blench (2010) The Tivoid Languages
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