Tikar | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Tikar, Bedzan |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2005) [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
tik |
Glottolog |
tika1246 |
Tikar (also called Tigé, Tigré or Tikari) is a Northern Bantoid, semi-Bantu language that is spoken in Cameroon by the Tikar people, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies, who speak their own dialect of the language. [2] A recent hypothesis by Roger Blench suggests that the Tikar language could be a divergent language in the Niger-Congo language family with an uncertain origin. [2]
The little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages. [2]
The Tikar language has four dialects, including Tikari, Tigé, and Túmú. [3] [4]
Tikar | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Tikar, Bedzan |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2005) [1] |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
tik |
Glottolog |
tika1246 |
Tikar (also called Tigé, Tigré or Tikari) is a Northern Bantoid, semi-Bantu language that is spoken in Cameroon by the Tikar people, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies, who speak their own dialect of the language. [2] A recent hypothesis by Roger Blench suggests that the Tikar language could be a divergent language in the Niger-Congo language family with an uncertain origin. [2]
The little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages. [2]
The Tikar language has four dialects, including Tikari, Tigé, and Túmú. [3] [4]