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The Yeni language is an extinct language of Cameroon, formerly spoken around Djeni Mountain in the Nyalang area. All that remains of the language, apparently, is a song remembered by some Sandani-speakers. However, according to Bruce Connell (the first linguist to report its existence, in 1995), comparison of the song's words to neighboring languages suggests that "it was closely related to [the Mambiloid languages] Cambap, Njerep, and Kasabe".<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1251137 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | The Yeni language is an extinct language of Cameroon, formerly spoken around Djeni Mountain in the Nyalang area. All that remains of the language, apparently, is a song remembered by some Sandani-speakers. However, according to Bruce Connell (the first linguist to report its existence, in 1995), comparison of the song's words to neighboring languages suggests that "it was closely related to [the Mambiloid languages] Cambap, Njerep, and Kasabe".<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1251137 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Yeni Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Yeni Language Speakers</h2> | ||
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