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- Languages_of_Cameroon abstract "Cameroon is home to 230 languages. These include 55 Afro-Asiatic languages, two Nilo-Saharan languages, 4 Ubangian languages, and 169 Niger–Congo languages. This latter group is divided into one Senegambian language (Fulfulde), 28 Adamawa languages, and 142 Benue–Congo languages (130 of which are Bantu languages).English and French are official languages, a heritage of Cameroon's colonial past as both a colony of the United Kingdom and France from 1916 to 1960. The nation strives toward bilingualism, but in reality, very few Cameroonians speak both French and English, and many speak neither[citation needed]. The government has established several bilingual schools in an effort to teach both languages more evenly. Cameroon is a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations and La Francophonie. German, the country's official language during the German colonial period until World War I, has nowadays almost entirely made room for its two successors.Most people in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest provinces speak Cameroonian Pidgin English as a lingua franca. Fulfulde serves the same function in the north, and Ewondo in much of the Center, South, and East provinces.Camfranglais (or Frananglais) is a relatively new pidgin communication form emerging in urban areas and other locations where Anglophone and Francophone Cameroonians meet and interact. Popular singers have used the hybrid language and added to its popularity.Education for the deaf in Cameroon uses American Sign Language, introduced by the deaf American missionary Andrew Foster.There is little literature, radio, or television programming in native Cameroonian languages. Nevertheless, a large number of Cameroonian languages have alphabets or other writing systems, many developed by the Christian missionary group SIL International, who have translated the Bible, Christian hymns, and other materials. The General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages was developed in the late 1970s as an orthographic system for all Cameroonian languages.Sultan Ibrahim Njoya developed the script for the Bamum language.Researchers say there is a strong connection between languages of Cameroon and Tamil language.".
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- Languages_of_Cameroon country "Cameroon".
- Languages_of_Cameroon extra African_French.
- Languages_of_Cameroon extra Cameroonian_Pidgin_English.
- Languages_of_Cameroon extra Camfranglais.
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- Languages_of_Cameroon national "55".
- Languages_of_Cameroon official English_language.
- Languages_of_Cameroon official French_language.
- Languages_of_Cameroon sign "American Sign Language".
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- Languages_of_Cameroon comment "Cameroon is home to 230 languages. These include 55 Afro-Asiatic languages, two Nilo-Saharan languages, 4 Ubangian languages, and 169 Niger–Congo languages. This latter group is divided into one Senegambian language (Fulfulde), 28 Adamawa languages, and 142 Benue–Congo languages (130 of which are Bantu languages).English and French are official languages, a heritage of Cameroon's colonial past as both a colony of the United Kingdom and France from 1916 to 1960.".
- Languages_of_Cameroon label "Languages of Cameroon".
- Languages_of_Cameroon label "Langues du Cameroun".
- Languages_of_Cameroon label "Lenguas de Camerún".
- Languages_of_Cameroon label "Línguas de Camarões".
- Languages_of_Cameroon label "Sprachen Kameruns".
- Languages_of_Cameroon label "Языки Камеруна".
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