Concept information
Preferred term
baxBamum
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Bamum (Shüpamom "Bamum language"), or in its French spelling Bamoun, is one of the Benue–Congo languages of Cameroon, with approximately a quarter million speakers. The language is well-known for its original script developed by King Njoya and his palace circle around 1895. Cameroonian musicians Claude Ndam and Gerryland are native speakers of the language and use it in their music.
Entry terms
- Bamum language
- Bamun
ISO 639-3 code
- bax
Notation
- bax
In other languages
-
bamoun
French
-
Bamun
German
-
bamun
Italian
-
Portuguese
-
Língua bamum
-
bamun
Spanish
-
Idioma bamum
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/bax
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