Nen language (Cameroon) explained

Nen language (Cameroon) should not be confused with Nen language (Papuan).

Nen
Nativename:Tunen
States:Cameroon
Ethnicity:40,000 (1987 census) to 100,000+ (1997) including those outside the traditional area[1]
Speakers:?
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Benue–Congo
Fam5:Bantoid
Fam6:Southern Bantoid
Fam7:Bantu
Fam8:Mbam-Bube-Jarawan
Fam9:Mbam
Fam10:West Mbam
Iso3:tvu
Glotto:tune1261
Glottorefname:Tunen
Guthrie:A.44,441
Dia1:Tunen
Dia2:Aling'a

The Nen language, Tunen (Banen), is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Maho (2009) considers Aling'a to be a distinct language. Unlike all other Bantu languages, Nen has an SOV word order rather than the standard Bantu SVO word order.

Notes and References

  1. http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-080_tvu.pdf ISO code request