Nagumi, also known as Ngong (Gong, Puuri) and Mbama (Bama), is an extinct Jarawan language of the North Province of Cameroon.

History By 1910, Nagumi was "mostly forgotten"; F. Strümpell could only collect a few words from an old blind man in Alhajin Galibu. H. Baudelaire also collected numerals in Nagumi from 1 to 10. By 1983, Nagumi was extinct. Ngong had only two fluent speakers in 1974.

Classification Nagumi is classified as an independent member of the Jarawan language family.

Vocabulary

Numerals The numeral in Nagumi originates from an unknown Chadic language.

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