Mbessa language

{{Short description|Ring language of Cameroon}}

{{Distinguish|text=the Mbesa language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mbessa

|nativename=

|states=Cameroon

|region=North-West Province

|speakers={{sigfig|25,000|2}}

|date=2020

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Southern Bantoid

|fam5=Grassfields

|fam6=Ring

|fam7=Center

|iso3=emz

|glotto=mbes1239

|glottorefname=

}}

Mbessa (Mbesa) is a Ring language spoken in Cameroon, neighboring Kom, Oku language, Noni language. Mbessa is the language of the people of Mbessa Kingdom (Fondom) in Boyo Division in the Anglophone North-West Region of Cameroon.