Ndemli

Ndemli is a member of the Narrow Grasslands branch of the Southern Bantoid language family. It is spoken by about 10,000 people mainly in the Nkam department of the Littoral Region in the southwest of Cameroon. In particular, it is spoken in the Yabassi subdivision, and also in the Yingui and Nkondjock subdivisions.

Ndemli is also known as Bandem. It is written with the Latin alphabet.

Ndemli alphabet and pronunciation

Ndemli alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Ndemli (Excel)
Details of the Ndemli alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)

Sample video

Links

Information about Ndemli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndemli_language
http://www.language-archives.org/language/nml
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ndem1249
https://pure.mpg.de/pubman/faces/ViewItemFullPage.jsp

Grassfields languages

Awing, Baba, Bambalang, Bamukumbit, Bamum, Bamunka, Bangolan, Feʼfeʼ, Fut, Ghomalaʼ, Kenswei Nsei, Kom, Kwaʼ, Limbum, Mmen, Ndemli, Ngaʼka, Ngiemboon, Ngomba, Ngombale, Nso, Oku, Vengo, Yamba, Yemba

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 24.11.25. Last modified: 24.11.25

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