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Tigon language

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Native to
  
Cameroon, Nigeria

ISO 639-3
  
nza

Region
  
Taraba State in Nigeria

Native speakers
  
(60,000 cited 1987–2005)

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid Central Mbembe

Dialects
  
Ashuku (Kitsipki) Nama (Dama, Namu) Nzare (Izale) Kporo Eneeme

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

Its alphabet is based on GCAL:

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

References

Tigon language Wikipedia


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