Language

Yamba

Yamba is a language in the Atlantic-Congo family spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria.

New Testament

Scripture in Yamba

The New Testament is reported in Yamba.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Yamba is spoken

  • Cameroon
  • Nigeria

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About Yamba

Language family
Atlantic-Congo
ISO 639-3 code
yam
Glottocode
yamb1251
Also known as
Yamba: Gwembe

Dialects and varieties 29

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Yamba as a whole.

  • BomNo known Scripture
  • BukwukNo known Scripture
  • DektupNo known Scripture
  • FamNo known Scripture
  • Furmi JanNo known Scripture
  • GamfeNo known Scripture
  • GhabNo known Scripture
  • GomNo known Scripture
  • GwembeNo known Scripture
  • IkiriNo known Scripture
  • KwakNo known Scripture
  • LusNo known Scripture
  • MbemNo known Scripture
  • Mbinti NyangNo known Scripture
  • MfeNo known Scripture
  • NgungNo known Scripture
  • NkotNo known Scripture
  • NtemNo known Scripture
  • NtimNo known Scripture
  • NtongNo known Scripture
  • NwaNo known Scripture
  • RomNo known Scripture
  • SamNo known Scripture
  • SihNo known Scripture
  • TumNo known Scripture
  • TupNo known Scripture
  • Yamba (Nigeria)No known Scripture
  • YangNo known Scripture
  • YapugamNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.