Njem
Njyem
Native toCameroon, Republic of Congo
Native speakers
(undated figure of 7,000)[1]
4,400 in Cameroon (2005)[2]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3njy
Glottolognjye1238
A.84[3]
A map of the Makaa–Njem languages with Njem in light blue.

Njem (Njyem) is a Bantu language of Congo and Cameroon. Speakers are mostly (85%) monolingual, and many Baka Pygmies speak Njema as a second language.

References

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  1. ^ Njem at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Njem language at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Njem people

The Njyem (or Njem or Ndjem) are an ethnic group inhabiting the rain forest zone of southern Cameroon and northern Republic of the Congo. In Cameroon

Makaa–Njem languages

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of the Njyem, and west of the Konabembe people, all related groups. The Nzime speak the Nzime dialect of Koonzime ("OZM"), one of the Makaa–Njyem Bantu

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between the 14th and 17th centuries. Along with the other speakers of Makaa–Njyem languages, they lived along the northern Lom River near the present-day

List of Bantu languages

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ISO 639:n

Nisa njt I/L Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin nju I/L Ngadjunmaya njx I/L Kunyi njy I/L Njyem njz I/L Nyishi nka I/L Nkoya nkb I/L Khoibu Naga nkc I/L Nkongho nkd I/L