Tikar language

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The Tikar language is a Bantoid language spoken primarily by the Tikar people of central Cameroon.

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Label Occurrences
Tikar language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantoid language
Northern Bantoid language
language
country Republic of Cameroon
linked to: Cameroon
ethnicGroupAssociated Tikar people
hasAlternativeName Tikar
Tikar proper
hasDialects various local varieties
hasGlottocode tika1246
hasGlottologName Tikar
hasISO6393Code tik
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order (approximate)
hasNeighboringLanguages Bamileke languages
Bamun language
Fula language in Cameroon
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
isEndangeredStatus vulnerable (approximate)
isSpokenNear Adamawa region
linked to: Adamawa Region

Bamenda region
languageBranch Benue–Congo languages
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageGroup Bantoid languages
languageSubfamily Atlantic–Congo languages
region Central Africa
spokenBy Tikar people
spokenIn Cameroon
Central Cameroon
usedIn everyday communication among Tikar people
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Northern Bantoid hasSubgroup Tikar language