"Grassfields" meaning in English

See Grassfields in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Grassfields
  1. (linguistics) A branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: Grassfields Bantu, Wide Grassfields Derived forms: Proto-Grassfields
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