Tikar language
| Tikar | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Tikar, Bedzan |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2005) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tik |
| Glottolog | tika1246 |
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. 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.