Dimbong
Bumbong; Kalong; Kaalong; Lakaalong; Mbong; Lambong; Bape; Palong;
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Southern Bantoid
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dii
Balom, Bape, Bafia, Nigi, Cameroonian Pidgin English, Duala, Ewondo, French
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"According to the village chiefs, the present resident population is less than 200 persons, about one hundred in Dii and forty in Mbong... the total number of speakers of Dimbong is fewer than three hundred persons, and many of the young people have left for the cities, or even for other countries. There are now fewer than 150 resident speakers (in two villages)."
1992
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Cameroon
4.85,11.1166667
"Centre Province of Cameroon, Mbam Division, Bafia Sub-Division. It is spoken in the Mbong quarter of the village of Kalong and in the village of Dii in the Yambeta canton."
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"Centre Province of Cameroon, Mbam Division, Bafia Sub-Division. It is spoken in the Mbong quarter of the village of Kalong and in the village of Dii in the Yambeta canton."
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Balom, Bape, Bafia, Nigi, Cameroonian Pidgin English, Duala, Ewondo, French
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Different speaker number counts cited range from "a handful of people" (Guthrie 1953) to circa 50 (Bryan 1959: 13) to an estimated 50000 (Welmers 1971: 816) ("which might be the total number of people belonging to the ethnic group").
1992
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"on the south bank of the River Mbam just below its confluence with the River Noun"
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"on the south bank of the River Mbam just below its confluence with the River Noun"
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2007
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Two villages, Mbong and Dii, in the Canton Yambetta.
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Two villages, Mbong and Dii, in the Canton Yambetta.
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2010
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4.7078,10.6567
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1973
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Nguti, (West) Cameroun
5.337114,9.420347
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50,000
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2009
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Cameroon;
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