Njem language

Njem
Njyem
Native to	Cameroon, Republic of Congo
Native speakers	(undated figure of 3,500 in Congo)[1] 4,400 in Cameroon (2005)[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantu (Zone A) Makaa–Njem + Kako (A.80–90) Ndzem–Bomwali Njemic Njem
Language codes
ISO 639-3	njy
Glottolog	njye1238[3]
Guthrie code	A.84[4]

Njem (Njyem) is a Bantu language of Congo and Cameroon. Speakers are mostly (85%) monolingual, and many Baka Pygmies speak Njema as a second language.

References

1. Njem at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
2. Njem language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Njyem". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online