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ISO 639-3 · ngenge
Niger–Congo family

Mankon

Mankon is a language of the Eastern Grassfields branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Cameroon.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
nge
Glottocode
ngem1255
Wikipedia
6 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
8levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameMankon
Also calledNgemba language, Mankon language, Ngémba

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Mankon

The branches above Mankon, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch40Grassfields Bantubranch20Eastern GrassfieldsbranchngeMankonlanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the index

Also spoken in Cameroon

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication