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 The Centre Region (french: région du Centre) occupies 69,000 km2 of the central plains of the Republic of Cameroon. It is bordered to the north by the Adamawa Region, to the south by the South Region, to the east by the East Region, and to ...

of Southern Cameroon. 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