Nen language (Cameroon)

Nen
Nen
Tunen
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	40,000 (1987 census) to 100,000+ (1997) including those outside the traditional area
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Mbam-Bube-Jarawan Mbam West Mbam Nen; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Tunen; Aling'a;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tvu
Glottolog	tune1261
Guthrie code	A.44,441

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.

NativetoCameroon

Ethnicity40,000 (1987 census) to 100,000+ (1997) including those outside the traditional area^[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Volta-Congo
  - Benue–Congo
    - Bantoid
      - Southern Bantoid
        Bantu
        Mbam-Bube-Jarawan
        Mbam
        West Mbam
        Nen

Dialects

Tunen
Aling'a

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