Kaalong | |
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Dimbong | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | 50,000 (no date) [1] |
Native speakers | (140 cited 1992) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
dii |
Glottolog |
dimb1238 |
A.52
[2] | |
ELP | Dimbong |
Kaalong (Kàlòng) also known as Dimbong (Mbong), is an almost extinct Bantu language from the Center Province of Southern Cameroon. [3]
The language is commonly defined as some combination of seven sub-varieties: Maja, Zakan, Tingong, Mbong, Ripe (or Bapé), Kpa (or Bafia), and Ti'bea (or Djanti), however linguists have not reached a single consensus on what languages are and not distinct from Kaalong. [4]
Many Kaalong speakers have shifted to the similar yet arguably distinct Bafia language. [5]