Tikar language
| Tikar | |
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| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Tikar, Bedzan |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2005)[1] |
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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]
Classification
[edit]The little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages.[2]
Dialects
[edit]The Tikar language has four dialects, including Tikari, Tigé, and Túmú.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Tikar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Blench, Roger (2011). "'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu" (PDF). Berlin: Humboldt University. p. 16.
- ^ Stanley, Carol. 1991. Description morphosyntaxique de la langue Tikar (parlée au Cameroun). Ph.D. Sorbonne. SIL International.
- ^ PRICE, DAVID (1979). "Who Are the Tikar Now?". Paideuma. 25: 89–98. JSTOR 23076439.
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