Cameroon might ACTUALLY have 250 ethnic groups
Someone help me figure this out!
Hello world !
So I am amazed my the fact that Cameroon supposedly has 250 tribes (An ethnic group aka tribe is a group of people who share the same cultural heritage, language, ideology, history and region and have a dressing style, mythology and ritual affiliation unique and common to themselves) and I am trying to name ALL of them and the languages that they speak. I have been finding some information online but it’s quite limited so I need everyone’s input abeg! Please help me continue this list and if I made any mistakes, please help me correct them ☺!
Adamawa Region
Bitare
Dii
Fulani
Fulbe
Gbaya- Ubangi
Kali
Kamkam
Konja
Kutin
Mambila
Mbum
Ndoro
Suga
Tikar
Twendi
Vute
Centre Region
Bafia (Banen)
Beti (Major ethnic group)
Bulu
Ewondo
Fa’ (Balong)
Gbete (Kepere)
Ndiki
Vute (Babuti)
East Region
(mostly Bantus, Fulbes and pygmies in origin)
Bantus
Bajwe
Nzime
Njim
Mpoman
Adamawa-Ubangi
Kuo
Gbete
Bagantu
Pygmies
Baka pygmies
Far-North Region
Bana
Besleri
Bulahai
Buwal
Gawar
Gude
Hya
Jimi
Kapsiki
Maba
Matakam
Sharwa
Tupuri
Zizilivikan
Littoral
Bassa
Douala
Kribi
North Region
Bata (riverian Bata and inland Bata or Njirai)
Chamba
Daba
Dii
Fanbe
Fali (4 groups: Fali proper, Fali Bussime, Fali Durbeyi, and Fali Kangu)
Gimbe
Guidar
Komandera
Mond
Ngambay (Cental Sudanic language)
Voko of Poli village
Zim (Chadic language)
North West Region
Bafanji- Bafanji
Bafut- Bafut
Bali [7 sub-groups: Bali Nyonga(biggest and most renowned), Bali Kumbat, Bali Gasho, Bali Muti, Bali Kontan,Bali Gangsin and Bali Gham]
Bameta- Meta
Banso- Lamnso
Kom- Kom
Moghamo
Nso
Oku- Oku
Tikari
Widikum
South Region
Baka pygmies
Bakolo
Beti
Beye’ele pygmies
Bulu
Fang
Mvang (Mvae)
Ntumu
Zaman
South West Region
Bakweri- Bakweri
Bafaw- Bafaw
Balong- Balong
Balondo-Balondo
Barombi- Barombi
Bassossi- Bassossi
Bayangi- Kenyang, Ejagham
West
Bamileke (sub-groups: Fe’fe’, Ghomala, Kwa’, Medumba, Mengaka, Nda’nda’, Ngomba, Ngombale, Ngiemboon, and Yemba)
Bamum- Bamum
Bangwa- Yemba
Batanga- Batanga