Kaalong language
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Kaalong (Kàlòng) also known as Dimbong (Mbong), is an almost extinct
Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The t ...
from the Center Province of Southern
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. 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. Many Kaalong speakers have shifted to the similar yet arguably distinct Bafia language.


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Bafia languages Languages of Cameroon Endangered Niger–Congo languages {{Bantu-lang-stub