Mambiloid languages
The twelve Mambiloid languages are a branch of Benue–Congo languages spoken by the Mambila and related peoples mostly in eastern Nigeria, with a small proportion of people across the border in Cameroon.
Languages
The following classification follows Blench. Languages with are not listed in that source, but close to other languages according to Ethnologue. Ndoro–Fam may be a separate branch of Benue–Congo.- Ndoola
- Mambiloid proper
- *Nizaa
- *Mambila–Konja
- **Konja: Kwanja, ?Twendi
- **Mambila–Vute
- ***Mambila–Kamkam
- ****Magu–Kamkam–Kila: Mbongno, Mvanip, ?Somyev, ?Ndunda
- ****Mambila
- ***Tep–Vute
- ****Tep
- ****Vute: Vute, Wawa
Fam is sometimes classified with Ndoro, but appears to be more divergent.
The unclassified language Bung shows its strongest resemblance to be with the Ndung dialect of Kwanja. It also has words in common with other Mambiloid languages such as Tep, Somyev and Vute, while a number of words' origins remain unclear.
Names and locations (Nigeria)
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench.| Language | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym | Other names | Other names for language | Exonym | Speakers | Location |
| Mbɔŋnɔ | Bungnu | Mbọngnọ | Mbọngnọ | Kamkam | Kakaba, Bunu | 800 ; 3000 est. Blench and Connell | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA, Kakara town | ||
| Ndoola | At least 2 dialects | Ndoro | Ndoola | Ndoola | Njoyamɛ | 1169 ; 10,000 total, 1,300 in Cameroon ; estimated more than 15,000 | Taraba State, Sardauna and Gashaka LGAs; and in Cameroon | ||
| Vute | At least 6 dialects | Bute, Mbute, Wute, Voute | Mbutere | 1,000 or less in Nigeria; 30,000 in Cameroon | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA; northeast Mambila Plateau, but mainly in Cameroon | ||||
| Tep | A single village and associated hamlets. <4000 | Taraba State. Mambila Plateau | |||||||
| Mambila | Almost every village has a separate dialect forming a dialect chain. Dialect centres are: Bang, Dorofi, Gembu, Hainari, Kabri, Mayo Ndaga, Mbamnga, Tamien, Warwar. At least 4 dialects in Cameroon. | Ju Nɔri | Nɔr | Mambila, Mambilla, Mambere | 18,000 ; 60,000 ; 10,000 in Cameroon | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA. Mambila Plateau. Cameroon. | |||
| Mvanɨp | Mvanɔ | Magu | 100 | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA. A single quarter of Zongo Ajiya town in the northwest of the Mambila Plateau. | |||||
| Ndunda | 400 | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA. In northwest Mambila Plateau. | |||||||
| Somyɛv | Kila, Zuzun | 4 speakers | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA,. Kila Yang village, 10 km. west of Mayo Ndaga. Also formerly spoken in Cameroon | ||||||
| Fam | Fam | Fam | Kɔŋa, Konga | Fewer than 1,000 ; <500 | Taraba State, Bali LGA, 17km east of Kungana |