Kamtok

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Kamtok is an English-based creole widely used as a lingua franca across Cameroon in informal communication, trade, and popular culture.

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Kamtok canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cameroonian language
English-based creole language
lingua franca
developedFrom English pidgin used during colonial period in Cameroon
hasAlternativeName CPE ONNED1
Cameroon Pidgin English ONNED1
Cameroonian Pidgin NERFINISHED
Pidgin
hasCountryOfUse Cameroon NERFINISHED
hasFunction bridging communication between different ethnic groups in Cameroon
marker of urban youth identity in Cameroon
hasGrammarType analytic language
hasHistoricalContext emerged during German and later British and French colonial presence in Cameroon
hasLanguageCode ISO 639-3: wes
hasLanguageFamily English creole
English-based Atlantic creole
hasLexifierLanguage English
hasMorphology little inflectional morphology
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom West African languages ONNED1
hasRegionOfUse West Africa NERFINISHED
hasSociolinguisticStatus highly valued in informal and cultural domains
often stigmatized in formal contexts
hasStatus mostly spoken language
not an official language of Cameroon
hasSubstrateInfluence Bantu languages ONNED1
Cameroonian indigenous languages
French ONNED1
Grassfields languages
hasSuperfamily Indo-European languages ONNED1
hasSVOOrder true
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
spokenIn interethnic communication contexts in Cameroon
markets in Cameroon
urban areas of Cameroon
usedAs lingua franca in Cameroon
usedBy speakers of many different mother tongues in Cameroon
usedIn Cameroonian films
Cameroonian popular music lyrics
Cameroonian stand-up comedy
street interactions in Cameroonian cities
usedInDomain comedy
informal communication
music
popular culture
social media
trade

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