Tikar (language)
| Tikar | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Cameroon | |
| speaker | 25,000 (in 1989) | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
tik |
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Tikar is a language that belongs to the branch of the southern Semibantu languages, which are also referred to as bantoid languages based on their relationship with the actual Bantu languages .
The official ISO - language code of tikaroiden language is [tik].
There are several dialects:
- Twumwu (also Tumu , language of the Tikar of Bankim )
- Tige (language of the Tikar of Ngambe )
- Nditam
- Kong
- Mankim
- Gambai
- Bandobo (it is still unclear whether it is a dialect or a separate language)
A small number of literary writings and publications exist in the Tikar language.
Most Tikar also dominate today in Cameroon common colloquial languages French and English .