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Ncane

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: ncr

Population	15,500 (2002 SIL).
Region	North West Province, Donga-Mantung Division, Misaje Subdivision, Nkanchi, Nfume, Chunge, Bem, Kibbo and Mungong villages; Menchum Division, Bum Subdivision, Mungong.
Language map	Southwestern Cameroon, Enlarged Area, reference number 134
Alternate names	Cane, Nchane, Nchaney, Nchanti, Ntshanti
Dialects	Ncane, Mungong (Mungom). Member of the Eastern Beboid subgroup. Lexical similarity: 84% with Nsari [asj], 88% with Noone [nhu].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Beboid, Eastern
Language use	Younger people tend to leave village for larger towns for school or work. All domains. Positive attitude. Some also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes] or English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Published alphabet 2007. Literacy program to begin 2008.
Comments	Agriculturalists; traders.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOUTWELL, Katrina L.; BOUTWELL, Richard L., authors. 2008. Nchane orthography guide.  

BOUTWELL, Katrina L.; BOUTWELL, Richard L., authors. 2011. Mungong Orthography Guide.  

BOUTWELL, Richard L., author. 2010. A Sketch Grammar of the Nchane Language.  

BOUTWELL, Richard L., author. 2011. Mungong Phonology Sketch.  

BRYE, Edward; BRYE, Elizabeth, authors. 2002. "Rapid appraisal and intelligibility testing surveys of the Eastern Beboid group of languages (Northwest Province)."