Tigon language

Not to be confused with Mbembe language.

Mbembe
Tigon
Native to	Cameroon, Nigeria
Region	Northwest Region in Cameroon, Taraba State in Nigeria
Native speakers	(60,000 cited 1987–2005)[1]
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

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

1. Mbembe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Eyoh & Echebi 2009. sfn error: no target: CITEREFEyohEchebi2009 (help)