Eastern Grassfields languages

{{Short description|Grassfields language branch of Cameroon}}

{{distinguish|Mbam languages}}

{{Infobox language family

|name=Eastern Grassfields

|altname=Mbam–Nkam

|region=Cameroon

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta–Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Bantoid

|fam7=Grassfields

|fam8=Narrow Grassfields

|child1=Bamileke

|child2=Ngemba

|child3=Nkambe

|child4=Nun

|glotto=mbam1249

|glottorefname=Mbam–Nkam

}}

The Eastern Grassfields languages, spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon, are a branch of the Grassfields languages including Bamun, Yamba and Bamileke.

There are four or five branches to the family:

• Nkambe languages (north)
• Mbam–Nkam (south)
• Ngemba languages
• Bamileke languages
• Nun languages

Nurse (2003) reports that Bamileke might be two branches.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}