Metaʼ language

For other uses, see Metalanguage (disambiguation).

Metaʼ is a Grassfields language of Cameroon. The Moghamo variety is perhaps divergent enough to be considered a separate language. Ngamambo is 88% similar lexically to Meta’, and often is considered separate.

Metaʼ
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	190,000 (2010)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Momo Metaʼ
Dialects	Moghamo Ngamambo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: mgo – Metaʼ nbv – Ngamambo
Glottolog	meta1238

References

1. Metaʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Ngamambo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)