Tanga language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Cameroon}}

{{hatnote|Not to be confused with the Batanga dialect of Caka or of Oroko}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Tanga

| nativename = Noho

| states = Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea

| region =

| ethnicity = Batanga (Banoho)

| speakers = 6,000 in Cameroon

| date = 1982

| ref = e18

| speakers2 = 9,000 in Equatorial Guinea (2001)

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

| fam3 = Benue–Congo

| fam4 = Bantoid

| fam5 = Bantu (Zone A)

| fam6 = Sawabantu (A.30)

| dia1 = Puku (Naka, Kribi Bapoko)

| dia2 = Nohu (Noko, Londgi Banoo)

| dia3 = Tanga (Fifinda Batanga)

| iso3 = bnm

| guthrie = A.32

| glotto = bata1285

| glottorefname = Batanga

}}Tanga, or Noho, is a Bantu language of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. Limba speakers report some degree of mutual intelligibility and call it "Old Malimba".M. Lamberty - A rapid appraisal survey of Malimba in Cameroon

References

{{Reflist}}{{Languages of Cameroon}}{{Languages of Equatorial Guinea}}{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}}

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Category:Sawabantu languages

Category:Languages of Cameroon

Category:Languages of Equatorial Guinea