Tikar language
Tikar is a Benue–Congo language of uncertain classification spoken in Cameroon by the Bankim, Ngambe and related Tikar peoples as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies. Variants of the name are Tikali, Tikar-East, Tikari, Tingkala.Classification
Blench states that the little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages.Varieties
Tikar can be divided into three varieties, which are Tikari, Tige, and Tumu.
A Bandobo variety may be a separate language. Less divergent dialects are Twumwu in Bankim, Tige in Ngambé, Nditam, Kong, Mankim, Gambai and Bedzan.
