Karon language

Karon language

language
name=Karon
states=Senegal, Gambia
region=Southwest Senegal coast
speakers=10,420
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Atlantic
fam4=Northern
fam5=Bak
fam6=Jola
fam7=Jola Proper
fam8=Karon-Mlomp
iso3=krx

The Karon language is an endangered language of Senegal and Gambia. It belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family, and is particularly closely related to the Mlomp language.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=krx Ethnologue entry for Karon]
* [http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Redbook/Africa/AF_src.cgi?language0=0&language1=0&language2=Karon&language3=0&language4=0&language5=0 Karon entry in the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages]


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