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    [ʃŷpǎˑmə̀m] 'language of the Bamum', or Shümom 'Mum language'), also known as Shupamem, Bamun, or Bamoun, is an Eastern Grassfields language of Cameroon...
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  • List of the rulers of the Bamum people, an ethnic group located in Cameroon. Their capital Fumban is also spelled Foumban in some sources. (Dates in italics...
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    Ibrahim Njoya (category Articles containing Bamun-language text)
    that the Bamun and the Bamileke have the lowest inferred within-group IBD sharing. This indicates a lack of endogamy. The Kingdom of Bamun was reported...
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    Writing systems of Africa (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
    Bamum (Bamun; also Shumom), a system of pictographic writing invented beginning in the late 19th century by Sultan Ibrahim Njoya for writing the Bamun language...
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  • spelled Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum) (1394–c. 1916) was a Central African state in what is now northwest Cameroon. It was founded by the Bamun, an ethnic...
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  • Bamum (redirect from Bamun)
    Bamum, also spelled Bamoum, Bamun, or Bamoun, may refer to: The Bamum people The Bamum kingdom The Bamum language The Bamum script Bamum (Unicode block)...
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    Better known Grassfields languages include the Eastern Grassfields languages, Bamun, Yamba, Bali, and Bafut and the Ring languages, Kom, Nso, and Oku. Almost...
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    Bamum people (redirect from Bamun people)
    The Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are a Grassfields ethnic group located in now Cameroon. In 2018, the Bamum and Bamileke peoples...
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    Retrieved 2020-10-11. "Bamukumbit". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-10-11. "Bamun". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27. "Bamunka". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27...
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    Tikar people (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
    between the Tikar and the Bamun is one that has enriched both groups. The Bamun essentially adopted many words from the Tikar language. They also adopted words...
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