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Yamba language

Yamba is a Grassfields language of the Northwest region of southern Cameroon, with a small number of speakers in Eastern Nigeria. Mbem village has the largest population of Yamba speakers in the region.

Last revised
Jun 23, 2026
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≈ 1 min
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Citations
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Source
Yamba
RegionCameroon, Nigeria
EthnicityYamba
Native speakers
(80,000 in Cameroon cited 2000)1
Dialects
  • Mbem
  • Ntem
  • Mfe
  • Nkot
  • Ntong
  • Kwak
Language codes
ISO 639-3yam
Glottologyamb1251

Yamba is a Grassfields language of the Northwest region of southern Cameroon, with a small number of speakers in Eastern Nigeria. Mbem village has the largest population of Yamba speakers in the region.

References

References

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