Karang language
{{Short description|Mbum language spoken in Cameroon and Chad}}
{{redirect-distinguish|Lakka language|Laka language|Lakkia language}}
{{distinguish|Kare language (Adamawa){{!}}Kareng language}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Karang
| altname = Mbum
| nativename = {{lang|kzr|Laka}}
| ethnicity =
| speakers = 17,000 in Cameroon
| date = 2007
| ref = e18
| speakers2 = 1,000 of Karang, Ngumi, Sakpu, and Mbere in Chad (1995)
| familycolor = Niger-Congo
| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo
| fam3 = Mbum–Day
| fam4 = Mbum
| fam5 = Central Mbum
| fam6 = Karang
| iso3 = kzr
| glotto = kara1478
| glottorefname = Karang
| dia1 = Karang
| dia2 = Ngumi
}}
Karang language (also called Mbum East or Lakka) is an Mbum language of Cameroon and Chad.
Dialects
There are 27,000 – 32,000 Karang speakers in Cameroon, including 7,000 speakers of the Sakpu dialect (SIL 1991), and 10,000-15,000 speakers of the Nzakmbay dialect (SIL 1998). Karang is spoken in Touboro and Tcholliré communes in Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region, and also in Chad. It is closely related to Pana.{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume=1: Inventaire des langues|language=fr|location=Yaoundé|publisher=CERDOTOLA|series=Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC)|isbn=9789956796069}}
Writing system
| class="wikitable"
|+Karang alphabet |
| Uppercase
| A || B || Ɓ || D || Ɗ | E || F || G || GB || H | I || K || KP || L || M | MB || MGB || N || ND || NZ | Ŋ || ŊG || O || Ɔ || P | R || S || T || U || V | VB || W || Y || Ƴ || Z |
|---|
| Lowercase
| a || b || ɓ || d || ɗ | e || f || g || gb || h | i || k || kp || l || m | mb || mgb || n || nd || nz | ŋ || ŋg || o || ɔ || p | r || s || t || u || v | vb || w || y || ƴ || z |
Nasalisation is indicated with a cedilla : a̧, ȩ, i̧, o̧, ɔ̧, u̧.
The only tone is high, indicated with an acute accent: á, é, í, ó, ɔ́, ú; it can be combined with nasalisation: á̧, ȩ́, í̧, ó̧, ú̧.
Long vowels are indicated with an h.
See also
- List of Proto-Lakka reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
{{Reflist}}
- Roger Blench, 2004. [http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/AU/Adamawa%20language%20list.pdf List of Adamawa languages] (ms)
{{Adamawa languages}}
Category:Languages of Cameroon
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