Meta language (Cameroon)
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Name (Latin)
Meta language (Cameroon)
Other forms of name
Bameta language
Batibo language
Chubo language
Menemo language
Metta language
Mitaa language
Muta language
See Also From tracing topical name
Grassfields Bantu languages
See Also From tracing place name
Cameroon
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q36054
Library of congress:
sh2007002055
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Fogwe Chibaka, E. A grammatical description of Metta (Cameroon) ... 2006:p. 20 (Meta?, the language of hte Menemo people, is a Wide Grassfield Bantu language) p. 22 (Meta', one of 8 clans (viz, Ngie, Ngwaw, Oshie, Mundani, Widikum, Ngamambo & Menka) in the Momo Division; linguistically known as Menemo)
- Dalby, Linguasphere, 1999:entry 99-AGC-aak (me-ta; variants: meta, metta, me-nemo, be-me-ta, u-ta, mu-ta, chubo; dialect of meta+ngwo, which is closely related to moghamo and mundani)
- Ethnologue, 2005(Meta'; language of Cameroon; alternate names: Moghamo-Menemo, Menemo-Mogamo, Widikum-Tadkon, Chubo, Batibo, Metta, Bameta, Muta, Mitaa; dialects: Menemo (Metta, Meta', Uta', Bameta), Moghamo (Muywi, Iyirikum, Widekum, Tiwirkum, Batibo, Besi, Kugwe); classification: Niger-Congo ... Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Momo)