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Most of the 260 languages spoken in Cameroon are indigenous languages. With a population estimated in 25 million people, UNESCO classified the country as a distinctive cultural density. The National Institute of Statistics of Cameroon reported that four percent of the indigenous languages have disappeared since 1950.
Pages in category "Languages of Cameroon" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 308 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Cameroon: 274 1 275 3.87 10,228,065 38,451 10,000
Cameroonian French is a variety of French spoken in Cameroon. As a former French colony, the country's history has shaped its language, resulting in a distinct variant of French that reflects the country's diverse cultural, linguistic, and historical background.
In addition to the colonial languages, there are approximately 250 other languages spoken by nearly 20 million Cameroonians [155] making Cameroon one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. [156] In 2017, there were language protests by the Anglophone population against perceived oppression by francophone speakers. [157]
Elsewhere, French is the principal second language, although pidgin and some local languages such as Ewondo, the dialect of a Beti clan from the Yaoundé area, have a wide currency. In Far North Region the northernmost constituent province of Cameroon, Mafa Language Arab Shuwa (an Arab dialect) and is spoken by the Baggara Arabs (also called ...
Kako (also Mkako or Mkaka) is a Bantu language spoken mainly in Cameroon, with some speakers in the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo.The main population centres of Kako speakers are Batouri and Ndélélé in the East Region of Cameroon.
The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon and some parts of Taraba state, Nigeria. Better known Grassfields languages include the Eastern Grassfields languages, Bamun, Yamba, Bali, and Bafut and the Ring languages, Kom, Nso, and Oku ...