Semi-Bantu

Semi-Bantu or Semibantu is an outdated and incorrect term used for languages spoken by the inhabitants of the Western grassfields of Cameroon (portions of the Adamawa, West, Northwest, and Southwest regions) which are Southern Bantoid languages, but don't belong to the Bantu language family but instead belong to the Grassfields language family.

These languages have been influenced by the languages of both Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the forests to the south and of the Benue-Congo-speaking peoples of the savannas to the north.

The ethnic groups who speak "Semi-Bantu languages" in Cameroon are the Bamileke, Bamum and other Grassfields speakers. These groups share many similarities of culture and are often said come from a common ancestral people although that is a contentious claim.

References[]

• Neba, Aaron (1999). Modern Geography of the Republic of Cameroon, 3rd ed. Bamenda: Neba Publishers.

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