Eastern Grassfields languages

Not to be confused with Mbam languages.

The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, are a branch of the Grassfields languages including Bamun, Yamba and Bamileke.

Eastern Grassfields
Mbam–Nkam
Geographic distribution	Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantoid Grassfields Narrow Grassfields Eastern Grassfields
Subdivisions	Bamileke Ngemba Nkambe Nun
Language codes
Glottolog	mbam1249

There are four or five branches to the family:

• Nkambe languages (north)
• Mbam–Nkam (south)
  • Ngemba languages
  • Bamileke languages
  • Nun languages

Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.^{[citation needed]}