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Languages
Some 250 languages spoken in Cameroon, with their speakers and families.
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- Kaalong languageKaaloŋ (Kàlòng) also known as Dimbong (Mboŋ), is a nearly extinct Bantu language from the Center Province of Southern Cameroon.
- Kako languageKako (also Mkako or Mkaka) is a Bantu language spoken mainly in Cameroon, with some speakers in the Central African Republic and the Republic of the Congo. The main population centres of Kako speakers are Batouri and Ndélélé in the East Region of Cameroon.
- Kamkam languageMbongno (Bungnu), also known as Kamkam, is a Mambiloid language of Nigeria, with an unknown number of speakers in Cameroon.
- Kanuri languageKanuri (endonym: Kànùrí (Latin script), كَنُرِيِه (Ajami)) is a Saharan dialect continuum of the Nilo–Saharan language family spoken by the Kanuri and Kanembu peoples in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, as well as by a diaspora community residing in Sudan.
- Karang languageKarang language (also called Mbum East or Lakka) is an Mbum language of Cameroon and Chad.
- Kare languageKare (Kãrɛ̃, Kareng; autonym nzáà kã́rĩ́, where nzáà = 'mouth') is a southern Mbum language of the Central African Republic, spoken by the Kare people in the mountains of the northeasterly Ouham-Pendé prefecture around Bocaranga.
- Kemezung languageKemezung (Dumbo, Dumbu, Dzumbo, Kumaju) is a Southern Bantoid (Eastern Beboid) language of Cameroon. According to Ethnologue, it's 85% lexically similar to Bebe.
- Kendem languageKendem, or Bokwa-Kendem, is a minor Southern Bantoid language of the Mamfe family. It is spoken in three villages in Cameroon, Kendem, Kekpoti and Bokwa.
- Kenyang languageKenyang (Nyang, Banyang, Manyang) is the most spoken language of the Mamfe language group. It is spoken in the Manyu and Meme departments of the Southwest Region of Cameroon. Kenyang speakers in Cameroon are known as Bayangi (Bayangui) people and are called Bayangi (Bayangui).
- Kera languageKera is an East Chadic language spoken by 45,000 people in Southwest Chad and 6,000 people in North Cameroon.
- Ki languageThe Ki language, Tuki (Baki, Oki), is a Mbam language of Cameroon. It is spoken by 26,000 people in the Central Province of Cameroon, in the Lekie division and in the Mbam and Kim division, along the Sanaga river.
- Kogo languageKogo, also referred to as Bakoko and Basoo, is a Bantu language of Cameroon. North and South Kogo are as distinct from each other as they are from Basaa; they might be considered three dialects of a single language.
- Kol languageKol is a Niger–Congo language of the Bantu family, associated with the Bikélé ethnic group. It is spoken in the East Province of Cameroon, in the vicinity of Messaména. Alternate names for Kol language include Bikele-Bikay, Bikele-Bikeng, Bikélé, and Bekol.
- Kolbila languageKolbila is an Adamawa language used in Cameroon and Nigeria.
- Kom languageThe Kom language (also Itaŋikom) is the language spoken by the Kom people in Northwest Province in Cameroon. It is classified as a Central Ring language of the Grassfields, Southern Bantoid languages in the Niger-Congo language family. Kom is a tonal language with three tones.
- Koma languageThe Koma language is a language cluster belonging to the Duru branch of Savannas languages of Cameroon.
- Korop languageThe Korop language, Durop – also known as Ododop or Erorop, is an Upper Cross River language of Nigeria.
- Koshin languageKoshin is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family.
- Kpwe languageKpwe (Mokpwe) is a Bantu language of Cameroon. It is mutually intelligible with Kole, and probably with Mboko (Wumboko) as well.
- Kuk languageKuk is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
- Kung languageKung is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
- Kuo languageKuo (Koh) is an Mbum language of northern Cameroon and southern Chad.
- Kuteb languageKuteb (also known as Kutep, Ati, Kutev, Mbarike) is a Benue–Congo language. The Kuteb people mostly live in the southern part of Taraba State in Nigeria, with a thousand-or-so speakers across the border in Cameroon.
- Kutin languageKutin is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Most Nigerian speakers moved to Cameroon when the Gashaka-Gumti National Park was established.
- KwajaLe kwaja est une langue bantoïde méridionale des Grassfields du groupe Nkambe parlée dans le Nord-Ouest du Cameroun, le département du Donga-Mantung, l'arrondissement de Nkambé.
- Kwakum languageKwakum (ISO) is classified as belonging to the Bantu subgroup A90 (Kaka) of the Zone “A” Bantu languages, and specifically labelled A91 by Guthrie.
- Kwanja languageKwanja (Konja) is a Mambiloid language of Cameroon. Njanga (Nyanjang) is a distinct dialect.
- Kwasio languageThe Kwasio language, also known as Ngumba / Mvumbo, Bujeba, and Gyele / Kola, is a language of Cameroon, spoken in the south along the coast and at the border with Equatorial Guinea by some 70,000 members of the Ngumba, Kwasio, Gyele and Mabi peoples.
- Kwaʼ languageKwaʼ (Bakwa) is a minor Bamileke language of Cameroon.
