Karang

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
kzr
Alternate Names
Mbum, Mbum-East
Autonym
Karaŋ
User Population

17,000 in Cameroon (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Very few monolinguals. Total users in all countries: 18,000.

Location

North region: Mayo-Rey division, Madingring district (homeland), south border of Bouba Ndjida National Park, south from Madingring, southeast to Lawzigoy, 25 villages. Displaced: Garoua, Ngaoundéré, Ngong, Tcholliré, and Touboro (and surrounding villages).

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Mbum, Eastern Mbum, Karang
Dialects

Ngumi.

Language Use

All domains. Some young people, all adults. Children use the language less in urban centers. Positive attitudes. Some also use French [fra]. Less bilingualism in French due to decline in education. Also use Adamawa Fulfulde [fub].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%–20%. Literacy rate in L2: 10%–20%. Literacy rates declined in recent years (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Taught as subject in some primary schools. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 2020.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Karang
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.

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