Tikar in Cameroon

Speakers

110,000

Type

Location

Tikar in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Tikar in Cameroon

Size

110,000

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
Yes
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Tikar people are present, as of the official 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm).

Location:
Adamawa region: Mayo-Banyo division,Bankim subdivision;
Centre region: Mbam-and-Kim division, Ngambe-Tikar subdivision,
scattered over northwest Yoko and northeast of Foumban;
North West region: Donga-Mantung division, small border area;
West region: Noun division, Magba subdivision.

3. State

Documentation: materials

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Tikar people are present, as of the official 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm).
Location: Adamawa region: Mayo-Banyo division, Bankim subdivision;
Centre region: Mbam-and-Kim division, Ngambe-Tikar subdivision,
scattered over northwest Yoko and northeast of Foumban;
North West region: Donga-Mantung division, small border area;
West region: Noun division, Magba subdivision.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

110000
Source
SIL 2005
Year
2005

Users within total population

0.62000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

1

5. Use

Completion