Mfumte Kwaja Ndaktup Dzodinka

villages: Lus, Kom, Mballa, Bang, Koffa, Jui, Mbat, Manang, Mbibji, and Mbah. 2 The other three entries in Ethnologue that describe the Mfumte people are Kwaja [ISO 639-3: kdz] which refers to the language spoken in the village of Kwaja; Ndaktup [ISO 639-3: ncp] which refers to the two dialects spoken in Bitui and Ncha; and lastly, Dzodinka [ISO 639-3: add] which describes the language spoken in the different quarters of Adere. During this survey, it was revealed that the people of Adere prefer to call their language Lidzonka. In this report the author maintains the use of the term Dzodinka not Lidzonka for the sake of consistency with Ethnologue and ALCAM. However, it is recommended that the name be changed to Lidzonka in the future editions of these publications see section 7.5. Unless otherwise noted, in this report the term Mfumte refers to the people group and not a specific language.

2.1.1 Mfumte

The classification of Mfumte found in Ethnologue is Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue- Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nkambe, Mfumte. ALCAM classifies Mfumte [905] as Niger-Kordofan, Niger-Congo, Bénoué-Congo, Bantoïde, Bantou, Grassfield, Est-Grassfield, Nord, Mfumte.

2.1.2 Kwaja

The classification of Kwaja found in Ethnologue is Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue- Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nkambe, Kwaja.

2.1.3 Ndaktup

The classification of Ndaktup in Ethnologue is Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nkambe, Ndaktup.

2.1.4 Dzodinka

The classification of Dzodinka in Ethnologue is Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nkambe, Dzodinka. ALCAM classifies Dzodinka [904] as Niger-Kordofan, Niger-Congo, Bénoué-Congo, Bantoïde, Bantou, Grassfield, Est-Grassfield, Nord, Dzodinka.

2.2 Neighbouring languages