Yemba language

Yemba
Yemba
Ashuŋne yémba
Dschang
Region	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Bamileke
Native speakers	~500,000 (2023)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Bamileke West Bamileke Bamboutos Yemba; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	various, including Foreke Dschang and Mmuock;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ybb
Glottolog	yemb1246

Yɛmba or Yemba, also Yémba or Bamiléké Dschang, is a major Bamileke language in West Region of Cameroon. It was approximately spoken by 500,000 or so people in the country in 2023.

Despite originally being exclusively a spoken language, Yemba writing was developed by Maurice Tadadjeu (co-creator of the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) and Steven Bird. Their team developed a small Yemba–French Dictionary covering French translations of over 3,000 Yemba words and expressions. The Mmuock dialect also has a proposed orthography.