Region Cameroon Dialects Noone
Ncane
Mungong | Native speakers 50,000 (2005–2008) Writing system Latin | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Eastern Beboid
Noni
Noni ISO 639-3 Either:
nhu – Noone
ncr – Ncane | ||
The Noni language, also called Noone, is an Eastern Beboid language of the Niger–Congo family in Cameroon. The Noone, Ncane, and Mungong varieties are sometimes considered three distinct Noni languages. Ethnologue reports that Ncare is 88% lexically similar with Noone, and 84% with Saari (Nsari).
Noni is the native language to 40,000 people in the country, particularly in the North West Province, the Bui Division and the northwest Kumbo Subdivision. Noone proper was used as the secret language in Indiana Jones.
References
Noni language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA