Tikar language

Tikar (also called Tigé, Tigré or Tikari) is a Northern Bantoid, semi-Bantu language that is spoken in Cameroon by the Tikar people, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies, who speak their own dialect of the language.^[2] A recent hypothesis by Roger Blench suggests that the Tikar language could be a divergent language in the Niger-Congo language family with an uncertain origin.^[2]

Tikar
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Tikar, Bedzan
Native speakers	110,000 (2005)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Northern Bantoid Tikar
Dialects	Ndobo Bedzan (Medzan)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tik
Glottolog	tika1246

Classification

The little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages.^[2]

Dialects

The Tikar language has four dialects, including Tikari, Tigé, and Túmú.^[3][4]