Nzime language

Nzime
Koonzime, Koozime
Native toCameroon
EthnicityNzime, Dwe'e
Native speakers
40,000 (2011)[1]
Dialects
  • Koonzime
  • Bajue (Badwee)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ozm
Glottologkoon1245
A.841,842[2]

Nzime (Koonzime) is a Bantu language of Cameroon, spoken by the Nzime and Dwe'e (Bajwe'e) people. Maho (2009) lists these as two languages.

It is closely related to Mpo.[3]

Demographics

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Koonzime is spoken in most of the southern part of the Haut-Nyong region (Eastern Region). The Nzime are located mainly around and east of Lomié, and the closely related Njem in Ngoïla commune.[3]

Koonzime is spoken by about 30,000 speakers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nzime at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ a b c Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.