The Karon or Kalɔɔn[2] language is an endangered language of Senegal and Gambia. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family, and is particularly closely related to the Mlomp language.
Karon | |
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Native to | Senegal, Gambia |
Region | Southwest Senegal coast |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2007)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | krx |
Glottolog | karo1294 |
Kalɔɔn | |
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Person | alɔɔn |
Language | kägup kɔlɔɔnay |
Karon is spoken in a coastal area north of the mouth of the Casamance River. A person is called alɔɔn in the language, and speakers refer to their own language as kägup kɔlɔɔnay.[2]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ |
prenasal | ᵐp | ⁿt | ᶮtʃ | ᵑk | ||
Nasal | plain | m | n | ɲ | ||
tense | mː | ɲː | ||||
Fricative | f | s | h | |||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
Close | i iː | ĩ | u uː | ũ | ||
Mid | e eː | ẽ | o oː | õ | ||
Open | a aː | ã |
Advanced tongue root is marked with an acute accent /á/.[3]
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