Mbule language

Mbule
Mbule
Region	southwestern Cameroon
Ethnicity	Yambassa
Native speakers	110 (2009)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Mbam–Bubi Mbam–Nubaca Mbam Bati–Mbure–Yambassa Mbure–Yambassa Mbule; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mlb
Glottolog	mbul1262
Guthrie code	A.623

Mbule, also called Dumbule or Mbola, is an endangered Southern Bantoid language spoken by a few people in central Cameroon.

The language is spoken in Mbola village in the South Bokito commune, Mbam-et-Inoubou department of the Centre Region, Cameroon. As reported in 2009, there were just 110 speakers of the language, none of whom were monolingual.¹

References

Mbule at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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