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 inhabit ...
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; the C ...
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 Republic ...
.
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
Touboro is a town and commune in North Region Cameroon.
Refugees
An April 10, 2014 report says:
"Thousands of refugees, fleeing the violence of armed groups (Séléka and Anti-balaka) are concentrated in the towns of Mbaimboum and Touboro, on th ...
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 Cameroon ...
communes in
Mayo-Rey
Mayo-Rey is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 36,529 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 242,441 . The capital of the department lies at Tcholliré.
Spillover of CAR War
According to the ...
department, Northern Region, and also in Chad. It is closely related to
Pana
Pana or PANA may refer to:
*Pana (mythology), a god in Inuit religion
*PANA, in telecommunications, a Plain ANAlog loop Alarm circuit
*Protocol for carrying Authentication for Network Access, a network access authentication protocol
*Pana, used fo ...
.
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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