Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
Not to be confused with Nen language (Papuan).
| Nen | |
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| Tunen | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | 40,000 (1987 census) to 100,000+ (1997) including those outside the traditional area[1] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tvu |
| Glottolog | tune1261 |
A.44,441[2] | |
The Nen language, Tunen (Banen), is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Maho (2009) considers Aling'a to be a distinct language. Unlike all other Bantu languages, Nen has an SOV word order rather than the standard Bantu SVO word order.
References
[edit]- ^ ISO code request
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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| Yambasa | |
| Jarawan | |
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