Manta language

Manta
	Anta
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	5,300 Manta (2001) [1] ; 300 Áncá (2006) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Southwest Manta; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Manta; Tanka; Batakpa;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; myg – Manta; acb – Áncá (?)
Glottolog	mant1267 Manta [2] ; anca1236 Anca [3]

Last updated May 01, 2019

Manta (Anta, Banta) is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Although Cameroon is not an ECOWAS member state, it is geographically and historically in West Africa with the Southern Cameroons which now form her Northwest and Southwest Regions having a strong West African history. The country is sometimes identified as West African and other times as Central African due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West and Central Africa.

Áncá of Nigeria may be the same language,^[1] but it is unattested.^[4]

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The constitution defines Nigeria as a democratic secular country.

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References

1 2 3 Manta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Áncá (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Manta". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Anca". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Anca". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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[e18-1] 1 2 3 Manta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Áncá (?) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Manta". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Glottolog2-3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Anca". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[4] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Anca". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.