Ncane

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
ncr
Alternate Names
Cane, Nchane, Nchaney, Nchanti, Ntshanti
Population

15,500 (2002 SIL).

Location

North West Region, Donga-Mantung division, Misaje subdivision, west of Nkambe, Nkanchi, Nfume, Chunge, Bem, Kibbo, and Mungong villages; Menchum division, Bum subdivision.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Beboid
Dialects

Mungong (Mungom), Ncane. Member of the Eastern Beboid subgroup. Lexical similarity: 84% with Sari [asj], 88% with Noone [nhu].

Typology

SVO word order; prepositions; noun head initial; 15 noun classes; content-question word predominantly clause final; clause constituents marked by word order; 17 consonant phonemes, 7 vowel phonemes; tonal

Language Use

Younger people tend to leave village for larger towns for school or work. Home, market, church. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes] and English [eng].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Literacy program started 2011. Schooling is in English [eng].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ncane
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.