Tikar language
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Tikar is a Bantoid language
of uncertain classification spoken in Cameroon by the Bankim, Ngambe, and related Tikar peoples, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies
. Blench (2011) states that the little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages.
Variants of the name are Tikali, Tikar-East, Tikari, Tingkala.
A Bandobo variety (Ndobo, Ndob, Ndome) may be a separate language. Less divergent dialects are Twumwu (Tumu) in Bankim, Tige in Ngambe
, Nditam, Kong, Mankim, Gambai, and Bedzan.
Bantoid languages
In the classification of African languages, Bantoid is a branch of the Benue–Congo subfamily of the Niger–Congo phylum. The term 'Bantoid' was first used by Krause in 1895 for languages that showed resemblances in vocabulary to Bantu...
of uncertain classification spoken in Cameroon by the Bankim, Ngambe, and related Tikar peoples, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies
Bedzan people
The Bedzan people, singular Medzan, also known as the Tikar, are a Pygmy people of Cameroon. The Bedzan community, in Yoko Commune on the Tikar Plain, is estimated at between 250 and 1200...
. Blench (2011) states that the little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages.
Variants of the name are Tikali, Tikar-East, Tikari, Tingkala.
A Bandobo variety (Ndobo, Ndob, Ndome) may be a separate language. Less divergent dialects are Twumwu (Tumu) in Bankim, Tige in Ngambe
Ngambé
-References:* * - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, , Mémoire ENA....
, Nditam, Kong, Mankim, Gambai, and Bedzan.