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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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