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Tigon language
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| Mbembe | |
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| Tigon | |
| Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Region | Northwest Region in Cameroon, Taraba State in Nigeria |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1987–2005)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nza |
| Glottolog | tigo1236 |
Mbembe, or more specifically Tigon Mbembe, is a Jukunoid language[2] of Cameroon and Nigeria.
Writing system
[edit]The alphabet is based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages (GACL):
| Upper case | A | Ɑ | B | Ch | D | E | Ɛ | F | G | Gb | H | I | J | K | Kp | L | M | N | Ny | Ŋ | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | Sh | T | U | V | W | Z | Zh |
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| Lowercase | a | ɑ | b | ch | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | j | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | sh | t | u | v | w | z | zh |
Tones are indicated by vowels with acutes, graves, circumflexes and carons.
References
[edit]- ^ Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tigon Mbembe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Eyoh & Echebi 2009.
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