About 5% of Cameroonians are native speakers of the language, while an estimated 50% of the population speak it in some form. Bororo Kamtok - Spoken by the Bororo cattle traders, many of whom travel through Nigeria and Cameroon.Ĭameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language.Limbe Kamtok - Spoken by those mainly in the southwest coastal area around the port that used to be called Victoria and is now Limbe.Francophone Kamtok - Spoken by those mainly in towns such as Douala and Yaoundé, and by francophones talking to anglophones who do not speak French.Liturgical Kamtok - Spoken by the Catholic Church for three-quarters of a century.Grafi Kamtok - Spoken by those in the grass fields and often referred to as 'Grafi Talk'.
It is primarily spoken in the North West and South West English speaking regions. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). (population of age 12 and above) RankĬameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole, is a language variety of Cameroon. Literacy in official languages according to the 2005 census It is because of this that Cameroon is considered one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. In addition to the colonial languages, there are approximately 250 other languages spoken by nearly 20 million Cameroonians. As part of the initiative to encourage bilingualism in Cameroon, six of the eight universities in the country are entirely bilingual. The government encourages bilingualism in English and French, and as such, official government documents, new legislation, ballots, among others, are written and provided in both languages. A mixture of English, French, and Pidgin called Camfranglais has been gaining popularity in urban centers since the mid-1970s. Cameroonian Pidgin English is the lingua franca in the formerly British-administered territories.
German, the language of the original colonizers, has long since been displaced by French and English. Both English and French are official languages of Cameroon, although French is by far the most understood language (more than 80%).
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