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Where is Barombi spoken?

Barombi is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Cameroon. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Barombi is spoken

Barombi is spoken in one country: Cameroon.

Country
Cameroon

Barombi has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Barombi?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Barombi sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Barombi as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Atlantic-Congo
  2. Volta-Congo
  3. Benue-Congo
  4. Bantoid
  5. Southern Bantoid
  6. Narrow Bantu
  7. Bantu A-B10-B20-B30
  8. Basaa-Yaunde (A40-70)
  9. Basaa (A.40)
  10. Abo-Barombi
  11. Barombi

Related languages

Other languages in the Abo-Barombi group:

More about Barombi

Codes: ISO 639-3 bbi, Glottolog baro1252. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Barombi

Where is Barombi spoken?

Barombi is spoken in Cameroon. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Barombi in?

Glottolog places Barombi in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern Bantoid, Narrow Bantu, Bantu A-B10-B20-B30, Basaa-Yaunde (A40-70), Basaa (A.40) and Abo-Barombi.

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