Tigon language

Mbembe
Mbembe
Tigon
Native to	Cameroon, Nigeria
Region	Northwest Region in Cameroon, Taraba State in Nigeria
Native speakers	(60,000 cited 1987–2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic-Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid Central Mbembe; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Ashuku (Kitsipki); Nama (Dama, Namu); Nzare (Izale); Kporo; Eneeme;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nza
Glottolog	tigo1236

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Mbembe, or more specifically Tigon Mbembe, is a Jukunoid language of Cameroon and Nigeria.

Writing system

The alphabet is based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages (GACL):

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Upper case	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
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

Tones are indicated by vowels with acutes, graves, circumflexes and carons.

References

^ Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Eyoh & Echebi 2009.

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[e18-1] Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[FOOTNOTEEyohEchebi2009-2] Eyoh & Echebi 2009.

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