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.