Southwest Grassfields languages

Southwest Grassfields
Western Momo
Geographic distribution	Cameroon
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Southwest Grassfields
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	sout3181

The Southwest Grassfields, traditionally called Western Momo when considered part of the Momo group or when Momo is included in Grassfields, are a small branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western grassfields of Cameroon.

The languages are Manta (Tanka, Batakpa), Balo (Alunfa), Osatu, Busam, Menka–Atoŋ.

Several of these have been classified as Tivoid, a position reflected in Ethnologue.

Classification

Blench (2010) recognises five coordinate subgroups within Southwest Grassfields.^[1]

Southwest Grassfields

• Busam
• Menka, Atong
• Tanka, Bantakpa, Manta
• Osatu
• Alunfa, Balo

Footnotes

1. Blenh, Roger (2010). "Classification of Momo and West Momo" (PDF).

References

• Blench, Roger (2010) Classification of Momo and West Momo
• Roger Blench (2010) The Tivoid Languages