Karang language (also called Mbum East or Lakka) is an
Mbum language
Mbum Proper (also Mboum, Buna, Mboumtiba and Wuna) is a Adamawa–Ubangi language of Central Africa. It is spoken by about people in Cameroon and the Central African Republic.
History
The Mbum language is spoken by the Mbum people who inhab ...
of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
and
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...
.
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
Tcholliré is a town and commune in Cameroon.
Tcholliré Prison
Designed in 1965, the main prison of Tcholliré II was known as the Centre de Rééducation Civique (CRC) (Civic re-education Centre) until the reform of the prison regime in Camero ...
communes in
Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region, and also in Chad. It is closely related to
Pana.
Writing system
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
*Roger Blench, 2004
List of Adamawa languages(ms)
Languages of Cameroon
Languages of Chad
Mbum languages
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