Tigon language
Jukunoid language of Cameroon and Nigeria
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] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nza |
Glottolog | tigo1236 |
Mbembe, or more specifically Tigon Mbembe, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon and Nigeria.
Writing system
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
- ^ Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Eyoh & Echebi 2009. sfn error: no target: CITEREFEyohEchebi2009 (help)
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