Mankon language

Mankon
Ngemba
Traditional Ngemba clothes
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
19,000 (2002)[1]
(together with Mundum)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nge (Mankon–Mundum)
Glottologngem1255  Ngemba (Mankon–Mundum)

Mankon is a Grassfields 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.

Traditional clothing called Togho

Culture

  • Festivities among the ngemba

References

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


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