Native to Cameroon Native speakers 110,000 (2005) ISO 639-3 tik | Ethnicity Tikar, Bedzan Dialects Ndobo
Bedzan (Medzan) | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
(unclassified)
Tikar | ||
Tikar is a Benue–Congo 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.
References
Tikar language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA