Mankon language

Mankon is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is closely related to Mundum and Mendankwe-Nkwen. Along with Mundum, it is called Ngemba. There are several distinct dialects: Mankunge (Ngemba), Nsongwa (Songwa, Bangwa), Shomba (Chomba, Bamechom), Mbutu (Bambutu), Njong (Banjong), Bagangu (Akum) and Alatening.

Traditional clothing called Togho
Mankon
Ngemba
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
19,000 (2002)[1]
(together with Mundum)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nge (Mankon–Mundum)
Glottologngem1255  Ngemba (Mankon–Mundum)[2]

Culture

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References

  1. Mankon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngemba". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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