Nen language (Cameroon)
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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] |
Dialects |
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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
- ^ ISO code request
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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