title: Leko languages
text: # Leko languages
  
  The Leko languages are a small group of languages spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G2" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal. The Duru languages are frequently classified with the Leko languages, although their relationship remains to be demonstrated.
  
  ## Languages
  
  The languages are:
  
  * Kolbila
  * Nyong
  * Chamba Leko
  * Wom
  
  ## Names and locations (Nigeria)
  
  Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations (in Nigeria only) from Blench (2019).
  
  | Language | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (location-based) | Other names for language | Speakers | Location(s) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nyong | Nyɔŋ | Nyɔŋ Nyanga | sg. Nyɔŋvena, pl. Nyɔŋnepa (Nyongnepa) | Mumbake, Mubako | | 10,000 (SIL) | Adamawa State, Mayo Belwa LGA, West of Mayo Belwa town, Bingkola and 5 other villages |
  | Pere | | Perema | sg. Pena, pl. Pereba | Wom (town name) | | Spoken in 10 villages around Yadim: Fewer than 4,000 | Adamawa State, Fufore LGA |
  | Samba Leko | Chamba Leko, Samba Leeko | Sama | Samba | | Leko, Suntai | 42,000 total (1972 SIL); 50,000 (1971 Welmers) | Taraba State, Ganye, Fufore, Wukari and Takum LGAs; mainly in Cameroon |
  