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TIKAR [2 records]

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Record 1 1996-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Niger-Kordofanian language.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue nigéro-kordofanienne.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

Groups in the Cameroon grasslands area. ... The Bamum, a large kingdom whose dynasty is from Tikar, has developed roundness of sculptural form almost to its extreme, producing figures with big, inflated cheeks. Among the Tikar, Bekom, and Babanki, the forms are rounded but not exaggerated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Les Ba Vouté [...] se heurtent ensuite aux Tikar et aux Beti puis descendent jusqu'à la Sanaga [...]

Spanish

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