The 2^nd Conference on Bantoid Languages and Linguistics (Banto2d) intends to bring together African and international researchers and community literacy activists to produce an up-to-date picture of the 150+ Bantoid languages of Cameroon and Nigeria, with major branches subdividing in Dakoid, Mambiloid, Tivoid, Beboid, Grassfields and Ekoid.

Bantoid languages are understood to be in some way ancestral to Bantu, but this relationship remains ill-defined and they are still poorly represented in international scholarship. As a complement to the existing conference series on Bantu languages, “Banto2d” is meant to provide a forum dedicated to descriptive, typological and comparative challenges of the “Bantu borderland” outside Narrow Bantu.

Important dates 

• Deadline for abstracts: January 31, 2024
• Notification of acceptance of abstracts: February 29, 2024
• Programme available: April 2024
• Conference: June 6-8, 2024

Bantoid Conference Steering Comittee

• President: Roland Kießling, University of Hamburg
• Secretary: Pius W. Akumbu, CNRS-LLACAN Villejuif

Organizing Committee (CNRS-LLACAN)

• Pius W. Akumbu
• Magali Sansonetti
• Jeanne Zerner

Local Organizing Committee (Cameroon)

• President: Florence Tabe Oben
• Secretary: Ousmanou
• Members:
  • Christiane Félicité Ewane Essoh
  • Désiré Atanga Kouna
  • Prasidis Wainkem Nain
  • Gratiana Ndamsah
  • Madeleine Ngo Ndjeyiha
  • Ibirahim Njoya
  • Adriel Josias Bebine
  • Abass Ngoungouo Yiagnigni
  • Edmond Ossoko

 Scientific Committee

• Pius W. Akumbu, CNRS-LLACAN Villejuif
• Pierpaolo Di Carlo, University at Buffalo
• Matthew Faytak, University at Buffalo
• Kathryn Franich, Harvard University
• Jeff Good, University at Buffalo
• Roland Kieβling, University of Hamburg
• Constantine Kouankem, University of Bertoua
• Ayu’nwi Ngwabe Neba, University of Buea
• Florence Tabe Oben, University of Yaoundé I

Plenary Speakers

• Kathryn Franich, Harvard University
• Ayu’nwi Ngwabe Neba, University of Buea