Mbembe | |
Nativename: | Tigon |
States: | Cameroon, Nigeria |
Region: | Northwest Region in Cameroon, Taraba State in Nigeria |
Speakers: | 60,000 |
Date: | 1987–2005 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic-Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Jukunoid |
Fam5: | Central |
Dia1: | Ashuku (Kitsipki) |
Dia2: | Nama (Dama, Namu) |
Dia3: | Nzare (Izale) |
Dia4: | Kporo |
Dia5: | Eneeme |
Iso3: | nza |
Glotto: | tigo1236 |
Glottorefname: | Tigon Mbembe |
Mbembe, or more specifically Tigon Mbembe, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon and Nigeria.
The alphabet is based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages (GACL):
Upper case | D | Gb | Kp | Ŋ | S | W | Zh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lowercase | a | ɑ | b | ch | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | h | i | j | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | sh | t | u | v | w | z | zh |