Nen language (Cameroon)

Not to be confused with Nen language (Papuan).

The Nen language, Tunen (Banen), is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Maho (2009) considers Aling'a to be a distinct language. Unlike all other Bantu languages, Nen has an SOV word order rather than the standard Bantu SVO word order.

Nen
Tunen
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	40,000 (1987 census) to 100,000+ (1997) including those outside the traditional area[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Mbam-Bube-Jarawan Mbam West Mbam Nen
Dialects	Tunen Aling'a
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tvu
Glottolog	tune1261
Guthrie code	A.44,441[2]