Wide Grassfields languages

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The Wide Grassfields languages are a subgroup of the Southern Bantoid languages, which are part of the larger Benue-Congo language family. This family is the largest branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken across a vast area of Africa by at least 500 million people. The Wide Grassfields subgroup itself contains about 40 languages, primarily spoken in Cameroon. Most of these languages have fewer than 50,000 speakers, with only two exceeding 250,000 speakers.

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…typical is another subgroup, the Wide Grassfields in Cameroon, with some 40 languages, only two of which have more than 250,000 speakers and most of which have fewer than 50,000.
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…typical is another subgroup, the Wide Grassfields in Cameroon, with some 40 languages, only two of which have more than 250,000 speakers and most of which have fewer than 50,000.
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