Nen language (Cameroon)

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Not to be confused with Nen language (Papuan).
Nen
Tunen
Native toCameroon
Ethnicity40,000 (1987 census) to 100,000+ (1997) including those outside the traditional area[1]
Dialects
  • Tunen
  • Aling'a
Language codes
ISO 639-3tvu
Glottologtune1261
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]

  1. ^ ISO code request
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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