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Chung language

Chung (Cung) is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon.

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Chung
Cung
Region	Cameroon
Native speakers	(1,400 cited 2001)¹
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Eastern Beboid Chung
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`cnq` ^{Note 1}
Glottolog	`cung1238`

Chung (Cung) is an Eastern Beboid language of Cameroon.

Notes

Notes

earlier grouped with Mbuk language in cug

References

References

Chung at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

Sources

Sources

Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.