Tigon language

Last updated
Mbembe
Tigon
Native to Cameroon, Nigeria
Region Northwest 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 639-3 nza
Glottolog tigo1236

Mbembe, or more specifically Tigon Mbembe, is a Jukunoid language [2] of Cameroon and Nigeria.

Writing system

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

[3]
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
Lowercaseaɑbchdeɛfggbhijkkplmnnyŋoɔprsshtuvwzzh

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

References

  1. ↑ Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  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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