Tikar language
| Tikar | |
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| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Tikar, Bedzan |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2005)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| ISO 639-3 | tik |
| Glottolog | tika1246 |
Tikar is a Northern Bantoid language spoken in Cameroon by the Bankim, Ngambe and related Tikar peoples as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies. Variants of the name are Tikali, Tikar-East, Tikari, Tingkala.
Classification[]
Blench (2011) states that the little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages.[2]
Varieties[]
Tikar can be divided into three varieties, which are Tikari, Tige, and Tumu.[3]
A Bandobo variety (Ndobo, Ndob, Ndome) may be a separate language. Less divergent dialects are Twumwu (Tumu) in Bankim, Tige in Ngambé, Nditam, Kong, Mankim, Gambai and Bedzan.
References[]
- ^ Tikar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Blench, Roger (2011). "'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu" (PDF). Berlin: Humboldt University. p. 16.
- ^ Stanley, Carol. 1991. Description morphosyntaxique de la langue Tikar (parlée au Cameroun). Ph.D. Sorbonne. SIL International.
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Categories:
- Northern Bantoid languages
- Languages of Cameroon
- African Pygmies
- Tikar people
- Benue–Congo language stubs