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 calledTigé, Tigré or Tikari)is aNorthern Bantoid,semi-Bantulanguage that is spoken inCameroonby theTikar people,as well as by theBedzan Pygmies,who speak their own dialect of the language.[2]A recent hypothesis byRoger Blenchsuggests that the Tikar language could be a divergent language in theNiger-Congolanguage family with an uncertain origin.[2]
Classification
[edit]The little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to theMambiloidandDakoid languages.[2]
Dialects
[edit]The Tikar language has four dialects, includingTikari,Tigé,andTúmú.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^TikaratEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^abcBlench, 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.JSTOR23076439.
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