Ghomalaʼ language

Ghomala
Ghomala
Ghɔmálá’
Region	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Bamileke
Native speakers	350,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Bamileke Ghomala; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bbj
Glottolog	ghom1247

Ghɔmálá’ or Ghomala is a major Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, originally in the following departments of the West region:

- Mifi, Koung-Khi and Hauts-Plateaux: most of the three departments (except extreme south and except pockets in the north and west)

- Menoua: east of the department

- Bamboutos: a corner in the south

It is spoken by an estimated 2 million people in two main population groups.

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