Ki language

Not to be confused with Amto language.
Ki
Tuki
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
(26,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bag – inclusive code
Individual codes:
leo – Leti
mct – Mengisa (duplicate code)
Glottologtuki1240
A.601 (ex-A.61,64), possibly also A.63[2]

The Ki language, Tuki (Baki, Oki), is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is spoken by 26,000 people in the Central Province of Cameroon, in the Lekie division and in the Mbam and Kim division, along the Sanaga river.[3]

The dialects are Kombe (Tukombe), Cenga (Tocenga), Tsinga (Tutsingo), Bundum, Njo (Tonjo), Ngoro (Tu Ngoro), Mbere (Tumvele)[3] and possibly Leti/Mengisa[4] and Mbwasa.

  1. ^ Ki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Leti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mengisa (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ a b Biloa, E. (2013). Syntax of Tuki : A Cartographic Approach. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  4. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices