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Metaʼ language

Metaʼ is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. The Moghamo variety is perhaps divergent enough to be considered a separate language. Ngamambo is 88% similar lexically to Meta’, and often is considered separate.

Last revised
Jul 2, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
65 w
Citations
1
Source
Metaʼ
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
190,000 (2010)1
Dialects
  • Moghamo
  • Ngamambo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mgo – Metaʼ
nbv – Ngamambo
Glottologmeta1238

Metaʼ is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. The Moghamo variety is perhaps divergent enough to be considered a separate language. Ngamambo is 88% similar lexically to Meta’, and often is considered separate.

References

References

  1. Metaʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ngamambo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)