Native to Cameroon | ISO 639-3 nge (Mankon–Mundum) | |
Native speakers 19,000 (2002)
(together with Mundum) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Grassfields
Eastern
Ngemba
Mankon Glottolog ngem1255 (Ngemba (Mankon–Mundum)) | ||
Mankon is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is closely related to Mundum and Mendankwe-Nkwen. Along with Mundum, it is called Ngemba. There are several distinct dialects: Mankunge (Ngemba), Nsongwa (Songwa, Bangwa), Shomba (Chomba, Bamechom), Mbutu (Bambutu), Njong (Banjong), Bagangu (Akum), and Alatening.
References
Mankon language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA