Mbule language

Mbule
Region	southwestern Cameroon
Ethnicity	Yambassa
Native speakers	110 (2009)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Mbam Yambasa Mbule
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mlb
Glottolog	mbul1262
Guthrie code	A.623[2]

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.^[1]

References

1. Mbule at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Further reading

• BOONE, Douglas W. (1992). "A Sociolinguistic Survey in Mbola: Mbule Survey Report" (PDF). SIL Cameroon. Retrieved 2011-02-11.