Momo languages

Not to be confused with Western Momo languages.

The Momo languages are a group of Grassfields languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon.

Momo
Geographic distribution	Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Momo
Language codes
Glottolog	momo1242
The Momo languages shown within Cameroon

The languages are:

Meta' (Moghamo)–Ngamambo, Mundani, Ngie (Mengum), Ngoshie, Ngwo (Basa, Konda), Njen, Amasi

Ethnologue 16 adds Menka, but that is a Southwest Grassfields (West Momo) language.

Blench (2010) notes there is little evidence that Momo belongs among the Grassfields languages as it has been traditionally classified. (The erstwhile West Momo languages are clearly in the Grassfields family.) Momo may actually be closer to the poorly established Tivoid group, though that may be an effect of contact.^[1]

See also

• Momo word lists (Wiktionary)