Kol language (Cameroon)

Kol language (Cameroon)

Infobox Language
name=Kol
states=Cameroon
speakers=12,000 (including 1,000 in Bikeng)
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam1=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Benue-Congo
fam5=Bantoid, Southern
fam6=(Narrow) Bantu
iso3=biw

Kol is a Niger-Congo language of the Bantu family. According to the [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=biw Ethnologue report] , it is spoken in the East Province of Cameroon, in the vicinity of Messaména.

Further reading

* Henson, Bonnie Jean. 2007. The phonology and morphosyntax of Kol. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. xx, 592 p.


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