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The twelve Mambiloid languages are languages spoken by the Mambila and related peoples mostly in eastern Nigeria and in Cameroon. In Nigeria the largest group is Mambila (there is also a small Mambila population in Cameroon). In Cameroon the largest group is Vute.
| Language | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (location-based) | Other names for language | Exonym(s) | Speakers | Location(s) |
| Mbɔŋnɔ | Bungnu | Mbọngnọ | Mbọngnọ | Kamkam | Kakaba, Bunu | 800 (1952 W&B); 3000 est. Blench and Connell (1999) | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA, Kakara town | ||
| Ndoola | At least 2 dialects | Ndoro | Ndoola | Ndoola | Njoyamɛ (in Cameroon) | 1169 (1952 W&B); 10,000 total, 1,300 in Cameroon (1982 SIL); estimated more than 15,000 (1999) | Taraba State, Sardauna and Gashaka LGAs; and in Cameroon (1 village only) | ||
| Vute | At least 6 dialects | Bute, Mbute, Wute, Voute | Mbutere | 1,000 or less in Nigeria; 30,000 in Cameroon (1985 EELC) | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA; northeast Mambila Plateau, but mainly in Cameroon | ||||
| Tep | A single village and associated hamlets. <4000 | Taraba State. Mambila Plateau | |||||||
| Mambila | Almost every village has a separate dialect forming a dialect chain. Dialect centres are: Bang, Dorofi, Gembu, Hainari, Kabri, Mayo Ndaga, Mbamnga, Tamien, Warwar. At least 4 dialects in Cameroon. | Ju Nɔri | Nɔr | Mambila, Mambilla, Mambere | 18,000 (1952); 60,000 (1973 SIL); 10,000 in Cameroon | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA. Mambila Plateau. Cameroon. | |||
| Mvanɨp | Mvanɔ | Magu | 100 (Blench 1999) | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA. A single quarter of Zongo Ajiya town in the northwest of the Mambila Plateau. | |||||
| Ndunda | 400 (Blench 1999) | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA. In northwest Mambila Plateau. | |||||||
| Somyɛv | Kila, Zuzun | 4 speakers (2006) | Taraba State, Sardauna LGA, (Blacksmiths’ dialect). Kila Yang village, 10 km. west of Mayo Ndaga. Also formerly spoken in Cameroon | ||||||
| Fam | Fam | Fam | Kɔŋa, Konga | Fewer than 1,000 (1984); <500 (2016) | Taraba State, Bali LGA, 17km east of Kungana |