lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageNzime (Koonzime) is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Nzime and Dwe'e (Bajwe'e) people. Maho (2009) lists these as two languages.
Language
Nzime |
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Native to | Cameroon |
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Ethnicity | Nzime, Dwe'e |
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Native speakers | 40,000 (2011)[1] |
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Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Atlantic–Congo
- Benue–Congo
- Bantu (Zone A)
- Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90)
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ISO 639-3 | ozm |
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Glottolog | koon1245 |
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Guthrie code | A.841,842 [2] |
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It is closely related to Mpo.[3]
Demographics
Koonzime is spoken in most of the southern part of the Haut-Nyong region (Eastern Region). The Nzime are located mainly around and east of Lomié, and the closely related Njem in Ngoïla commune.[3]
Koonzime is spoken by about 30,000 speakers.[3]
References
- Nzime at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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На других языках
[de] Koonzime
Koonzime (auch Djimu, Dzimou, Kooncimo, Koozhime, Koozime, Nzime und Zimu) ist eine Bantusprache und wird von circa 30.000 Menschen in Kamerun gesprochen (Zensus 2000).
- [en] Nzime language
[fr] Koonzime
Le koonzime (ou djimu, dzimou, kooncimo, koozhime, koozime, nzime) est une langue bantoïde des Grassfields parlée au Cameroun principalement dans la Région de l'Est, dans le département du Haut-Nyong, au nord et à l'est de la rivière Dja, à Lomié, Messok, Mindourou, Somalomo et dans le village d'Alouma ; également dans la Région du Sud, dans le département du Dja-et-Lobo[1].
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