Southwest Grassfields languages

The Southwest Grassfields, traditionally called Western Momo when considered part of the Momo group or when Momo is included in Grassfields, are a small branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon.

Southwest Grassfields
Western Momo
Geographic distribution	Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Southwest Grassfields
Language codes
Glottolog	sout3181

The languages are Manta (Tanka, Batakpa), Balo (Alunfa), Osatu, Busam, Menka–Atoŋ.

Several of these have been classified as Tivoid, a position reflected in Ethnologue.

Classification

Blench (2010) recognises five coordinate subgroups within Southwest Grassfields.^[1]

Southwest Grassfields

• Busam
• Menka, Atong
• Tanka, Bantakpa, Manta
• Osatu
• Alunfa, Balo