Mankon language

Mankon
Mankon
Ngemba
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	19,000 (2002); (together with Mundum)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Ngemba Mankon; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nge (Mankon–Mundum)
Glottolog	ngem1255 Ngemba (Mankon–Mundum)

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

^ Mankon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

External links

Description of Mankon marriage procedure archived with Kaipuleohone

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[e18-1] Mankon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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