Nyong language

{{Short description|Leko language spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Nyong

|altname=Mumbake

|nativename=Nyɔŋ Nyanga

|states=Nigeria, Cameroon

|region=Adamawa State

|speakers=30,000 in Cameroon

|date=2008 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Leko–Nimbari

|fam4=Leko

|iso3=muo

|glotto=nyon1241

|glottorefname=Nyong

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=Nyɔŋvena{{Cite book|title=An Atlas of Nigerian Languages|last=Blench|first=Roger|publisher=Kay Williamson Educational Foundation|year=2019|edition=4th|location=Cambridge}}|people=Nyɔŋnepa (Nyongnepa)|language=Nyɔŋ Nyanga|root=}}

Nyong (Daganyonga), also known as Mubako and Bali-Kumbat,{{Cite web|title=Mubako|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/muo|access-date=2020-09-27|website=Ethnologue|language=en}} is a Leko language spoken in two well-separated enclaves in Cameroon and Nigeria. Cameroonian speakers consider themselves to be ethnically Chamba.

Nyong is linguistically distinct from nearby languages. It is instead more similar to the Chamba language which is spoken to the north. Nyong and Chamba have 85% lexical similarity.{{Cite book|title=A rapid appraisal survey of Mubako (ALCAM 300 Samba leekɔ)|last=Griffin|first=Margaret A.|year=1994}}