SIL International survey reports have provided more detail on Eastern and Western Beboid (Brye & Brye 2002, 2004; Hamm et al. 2002) and Hamm (2002) is a brief overview of the group as a whole. Eastern Beboid is clearly valid; speakers recognise the relationship between their languages, their distribution is the result of recent population movements and linguistically they are similar, and they are close to the Bantu languages. The term "Beboid" sometimes refers specifically to this group. Western Beboid is not as tight-knit, and appears to be closer to the
Grassfields languages. They may be called "Yemne-Kimbi" when the eastern group is called just "Beboid" (Di Carlo & Good 2012). See also Blench (2025). •
Beboid • Eastern Beboid (Beboid) •
Cung,
Bebe–
Kemezung,
Naki,
Saari–
Noni (Ncane-Mungong-Noone),
Fio,
Mbuk • Western Beboid (Yemne-Kimbi) •
Fang •
Mundabli,
Buu,
Koshin and apparently
Bukwen •
Mungbam and
Missong •
Mbuʼ (Ajumbu) and
Lung Also spoken in the area is
Bikya (Furu), one of the
Furu languages, and
Kung, one of the
Ring languages. ==Names and locations (Nigeria)==