Cameroonian Pidgin English
- Cameroonian Pidgin English
Infobox Language
name=Cameroon Pidgin English
states=Cameroon
speakers=unknown
familycolor=Creole
fam1=Creole language
fam2=English Creole
fam3=Atlantic
fam4=Krio
iso2="none"
iso3=wes
notice=nonotice
Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole, is a linguistic entity of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). Five varieties are currently recognised:
* Grafi Kamtok, the variety used in the grassfields and often referred to as 'Grafi Talk'
* liturgical Kamtok. This variety has been used by the Catholic church for three quarters of a century
* francophone Kamtok. This variety is now used mainly in towns such as Douala and Yaoundé and by francophones talking to anglophones who do not speak French
* Limbe Kamtok. This variety is spoken mainly in the southwest coastal area around the port that used to be called Victoria and is now Limbe.
* Bororo Kamtok. This variety is spoken by the Bororo cattle traders, many of whom travel through Nigeria and Cameroon.
Cameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language. About 5% of Cameroonians are native speakers of the language, while an estimated 50% of the population speak it in some form.
References
* [http://www.une.edu.au/langnet/definitions/cameroon.html Kamtok pages] , University of New England (Australia) School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. By Loreto Todd, with help from Martin Jumbam and Herbert Wamey.
Bibliography
*Hans-Georg Wolf: "English in Cameroon". Contributions to the Sociology of Language, Volume 85. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany 2001, ISBN 3-11-017053-1.
*Carole de Féral: "Pidgin-English du Cameroun. Description linguistique et sociolinguistique". Peeters/Selaf, Paris, France 1989, ISBN 2-87723-023-6.
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