Mbule language
{{Short description|Endamgered Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Mbule
|region=southwestern Cameroon
|ethnicity=Yambassa
|speakers=110
|date=2009
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Southern Bantoid
|fam5=Mbam
|fam6=Yambasa
|iso3=mlb
|glotto=mbul1262
|glottorefname=Mbule
|guthrie=A.623
}}
Mbule, also called Dumbule or Mbola, is an endangered Southern Bantoid language spoken by a few people in central Cameroon.
The language is spoken in Mbola village in the South Bokito commune, Mbam-et-Inoubou department of the Centre Region, Cameroon.
As reported in 2009, there were just 110 speakers of the language, none of whom were monolingual.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web
|url=http://www.silcam.org/download.php?sstid=030401&folder=documents&file=dumbule_boone1992_1668_p.pdf
|title=A Sociolinguistic Survey in Mbola: Mbule Survey Report
|author=BOONE, Douglas W.
|year=1992
|publisher=SIL Cameroon
|access-date=2011-02-11}}
{{Languages of Cameroon}}
{{Mbam languages}}
{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}}
Category:Languages of Cameroon
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