Tigon language

Not to be confused with Cross River Mbembe language.
Mbembe
Tigon
Native to Cameroon, Nigeria
Region 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 639-3 nza
Glottolog tigo1236[2]

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

Writing system

The Alphabet is based on the GACL[3]
Upper case A 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
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

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

References

  1. Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Tigon Mbembe". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Eyoh & Echebi 2009.


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