Tigon language

Mbembe, or more specifically Tigon Mbembe, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon and Nigeria.

Mbembe
Tigon
Native toCameroon, Nigeria
RegionNorthwest Region in Cameroon, Taraba State in Nigeria
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1987–2005)[1]
Dialects
  • Ashuku (Kitsipki)
  • Nama (Dama, Namu)
  • Nzare (Izale)
  • Kporo
  • Eneeme
Language codes
ISO 639-3nza
Glottologtigo1236[2]

Writing system

The alphabet is based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages (GACL):

[3]
Upper case ABChD EƐFGGb HIJKKp LMNNyŊ OƆPRS ShTUVW ZZh
Lowercase aɑbchd eɛfggb hijkkp lmnnyŋ oɔprs shtuvw zzh

Tones are indicated by vowels with acutes, graves, circumflexes and carons.

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References

  1. Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tigon Mbembe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Eyoh & Echebi 2009.


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