Mankon language

Mankon
Ngemba
Traditional Ngemba clothes
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	19,000 (2002)[1] (together with Mundum)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields Mbam-Nkam Ngemba Mankon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nge (Mankon–Mundum)
Glottolog	ngem1255  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
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References

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

External links

• Description of Mankon marriage procedure archived with Kaipuleohone