Nen language (Cameroon)

{{Short description|Mbam language spoken in Cameroon}} {{distinguish|Nen language (Papuan)}} {{Infobox language |name=Nen |nativename=Tunen |states=[[Cameroon]] |ethnicity=40,000 (1987 census) to 100,000+ (1997) including those outside the traditional area<ref name=ISO>[http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2011-080_tvu.pdf ISO code request]</ref> |speakers=?<!--SIL could not verify own figure in ISO code request--> |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Volta–Congo languages|Volta–Congo]] |fam4=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam5=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam8=[[Mbam languages|Mbam]]–[[Bube language|Bube]] |fam9=[[Mbam languages|Mbam]]–[[Baca language|Nubaca]] |fam10=[[Mbam languages|Mbam]] |fam11=Sanaga–West Mbam |fam12=West Mbam |fam13=[[Mandi language|Mandi]]–Nen–[[Nyokon language|Nyokon]] |iso3=tvu |glotto=tune1261 |glottorefname=Tunen |guthrie = A.44,441 |dia1=Tunen |dia2=Aling'a }}

The '''Nen language''', '''''Tunen''''' (''Banen''), is a [[Mbam language]] of [[Cameroon]]. Maho (2009) considers Aling'a to be a distinct language. Unlike all other [[Bantu languages]], Nen has an [[Subject–object–verb|SOV]] word order rather than the standard Bantu [[Subject-Verb-Object|SVO]] word order.

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{{Languages of Cameroon}} {{Mbam languages}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Mbam languages]] [[Category:Languages of Cameroon]] [[Category:Articles citing ISO change requests]]

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