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- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English abstract "Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole, is a language variety of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). Five varieties are currently recognised: Grafi Kamtok, the variety used in the grassfields and often referred to as 'Grafi Talk' liturgical Kamtok. This variety has been used by the Catholic Church for three quarters of a century francophone Kamtok. This variety is now used mainly in towns such as Douala and Yaoundé and by francophones talking to anglophones who do not speak French Limbe Kamtok. This variety is spoken mainly in the southwest coastal area around the port that used to be called Victoria and is now Limbe. Bororo Kamtok. This variety is spoken by the Bororo cattle traders, many of whom travel through Nigeria and Cameroon.Cameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language. About 5% of Cameroonians are native speakers of the language, while an estimated 50% of the population speak it in some form.The terms "Cameroonian Pidgin", "Cameroonian Pidgin English", "Cameroonian Creole" and "Kamtok" are synonymous appellations of what Cameroonians call Cameroon Pidgin English. Many speakers are unaware that this language is different from English proper. It is a variety of West African Pidgin Englishes spoken along the coast from Ghana to Cameroon. It is a vehicular language that has been in active use in the country for over 200 years. It came into being in the Slave Trade Years (1440 to early 1800s ). It preceded English in Cameroon: the first Baptist missionaries who arrived Cameroon in 1845 and introduced formal education in English, had to learn Pidgin. A few decades later during the German annexation period (1884–1914), Pidgin resisted a German ban. It took flight when it became a makeshift language used in German plantations and undertakings by forced labourers who were drawn from the hinterland and who spoke different indigenous languages. With time, it invaded the market place and was adopted by Baptist missionaries as the language of their evangelical crusade. For many years, it has been used on school playgrounds and campuses and in political campaigns, and today, it is forcing its way into the spoken media scene. (For a comprehensive description of its linguistic features and its place in the language ecology of Cameroon, see amongst others, Kouega 2007 and 2008).".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English iso6393Code "wes".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English languageFamily English-based_creole_languages.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English languageFamily Krio_language.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English spokenIn Cameroon.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English wikiPageExternalLink www.terralingua.org.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English wikiPageExternalLink cameroon.html.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English wikiPageID "2067201".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English wikiPageRevisionID "594295211".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English altname "Wes Cos".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English fam English-based_creole_languages.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English fam Krio_language.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English fam "Atlantic".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English familycolor "Creole".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English hasPhotoCollection Cameroonian_Pidgin_English.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English iso "wes".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English lingua "52".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English name "Cameroon Pidgin English".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English nativename "Kamtok".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English notice "IPA".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English ref "e17".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English speakers "2000000".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English speakers "?".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English states "Cameroon".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English wordnet_type synset-language-noun-1.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English subject Category:English-based_pidgins_and_creoles.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English subject Category:Languages_of_Cameroon.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type Abstraction100002137.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type ArtificialLanguage106894544.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type Communication100033020.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type English-basedPidginsAndCreoles.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type Language106282651.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type LanguagesOfCameroon.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type Pidgin106905680.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type Language.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type Language.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English type Language.
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- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English comment "Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole, is a language variety of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). Five varieties are currently recognised: Grafi Kamtok, the variety used in the grassfields and often referred to as 'Grafi Talk' liturgical Kamtok. This variety has been used by the Catholic Church for three quarters of a century francophone Kamtok.".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English label "Cameroonian Pidgin English".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English label "Język kamtok".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English label "Kamtok".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English label "Pidgin camerounais".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English sameAs Kamtok.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English sameAs Pidgin_camerounais.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English sameAs Język_kamtok.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English sameAs m.06jt0c.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English sameAs Q35541.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English sameAs Q35541.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English sameAs Cameroonian_Pidgin_English.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English wasDerivedFrom Cameroonian_Pidgin_English?oldid=594295211.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English isPrimaryTopicOf Cameroonian_Pidgin_English.
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English name "Cameroon Pidgin English".
- Cameroonian_Pidgin_English name "Kamtok".