Mankon language

Mankon
Ngemba
Native to Cameroon
Native speakers
 19,000  (2002)[1]
(together with Mundum)
Niger–Congo

  • Atlantic–Congo

Language codes
ISO 639-3 nge (Mankon–Mundum)
Glottolog ngem1255  (Ngemba (Mankon–Mundum))[2]

Mankon is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is closely related to Mundum and Mendankwe-Nkwen. Along with Mundum, it is called Ngemba. There are several distinct dialects: Mankunge (Ngemba), Nsongwa (Songwa, Bangwa), Shomba (Chomba, Bamechom), Mbutu (Bambutu), Njong (Banjong), Bagangu (Akum), and Alatening.

References

  1. ↑ Mankon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngemba". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.