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

Kaalong
Dimbong
Native toCameroon
Ethnicity50,000 (no date)[1]
Native speakers
(<300 cited 1979)[2]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone A)
          • Bafia (A.50)
            • Kaalong
Language codes
ISO 639-3dii
Glottologdimb1238
Guthrie code
A.52[3]
ELPDimbong

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.



На других языках


[de] Dimbong

Dimbong (auch Bape, Bumbong, Kaalong, Kalong, Lakaalong, Lambong, Mbong und Palong) ist eine vom Aussterben bedrohte Bantusprache und wird von circa 140 Menschen in Kamerun gesprochen (Zensus 1992).
- [en] Kaalong language



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