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Babanki

Babanki

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Language Properties

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Word order
Consistently SVO

General information about the language

ISO code (ISO 639-3), aka Ethnologue code
bbk
CommentsBantoid language
Language name
Babanki
Dialect/variety reported
Centre Ring Grassfields Bantu Language spoken in Kejom Ketinguh and Kejom Keku in the North West Region of Cameroon
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Ring, Center
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
Niger-Congo

Language consultant information

Consultant name
Pius W. Akumbu
Gender of consultant
male
Level of education
Ph.D
Language biography
a. What language(s) did your parents speak at home? Kejom
b. What language(s) do/did your parents speak natively? Kejom
c. What language (languages) did you receive school instruction in? English
d. How old were you when you learned the subject language? I acquired Kejom from birth
e. Do you speak an identifiable subdialect of this language? What is it called? No
Learned language at age
mother tongue
Familiarity with the language
native speaker
Who participated in the elicitation?
Pius Akumbu and Ken Safir using the Anaphora Questionnaire.

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