Kaalong language

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Kaalong
Dimbong
Native toCameroon
Ethnicity50,000 (no date)[1]
Native speakers
(<300 cited 1979)[2]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3dii
Glottologdimb1238
Guthrie code
A.52[3]
ELPDimbong

Kaalong (Kàlòng) also known as Dimbong (Mbong), is an almost extinct Bantu language from the Center Province of Southern Cameroon.[4]

The language is commonly defined as some combination of seven sub-varieties: Maja, Zakan, Tingong, Mbong, Ripe (or Bapé), Kpa (or Bafia), and Ti'bea (or Djanti), however linguists have not reached a single consensus on what languages are and not distinct from Kaalong.[5]

Many Kaalong speakers have shifted to the similar yet arguably distinct Bafia language.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Kaalong language at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
  2. ^ Kaalong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. ^ Larry, Hyman (February 2002). ""Abstract" Vowel Harmony in Kàlòng: A System-Driven Account" (PDF). Théories Linguistiques et Langues Sub-Sahariennes.
  5. ^ Boone, Douglas (1992). "Dimbong survey report" (PDF). Société Internationale de Linguistique.
  6. ^ "Dimbong". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-11-22.


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