Cameroonian Pidgin English
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Cameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole widely used as a lingua franca in Cameroon across diverse ethnic and linguistic groups.
Aliases (3)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-based creole
→
lingua franca → pidgin → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cameroon Pidgin
→
Cameroon Pidgin English → Kamtok → Pidgin English (Cameroon) → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Ghanaian Pidgin English
→
Nigerian Pidgin English → |
| country |
Cameroon
→
|
| hasInfluenceFrom |
English
→
French → Portuguese (historical) → indigenous Cameroonian languages → |
| hasPhonologySimilarTo |
West African Pidgin English
→
|
| hasSVOOrder |
true
→
|
| hasTenseAspectMarkers |
true
→
|
| hasVariety |
Basaa-influenced Cameroonian Pidgin English
→
Grassfields-influenced Cameroonian Pidgin English → rural Cameroonian Pidgin English → urban Cameroonian Pidgin English → |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
| languageFamily |
English creole
→
|
| primaryLexifier |
English
→
|
| region |
West Africa
→
coastal Cameroon → urban Cameroon → |
| spokenIn |
Bamenda
NERFINISHED
→
Buea NERFINISHED → Douala NERFINISHED → Kumba → Limbe → Littoral Region of Cameroon → Northwest Region of Cameroon → Southwest Region of Cameroon → Yaoundé NERFINISHED → |
| status |
not an official language of Cameroon
→
widely used spoken language in Cameroon → |
| usedAs |
lingua franca
→
|
| usedBy |
diverse ethnic groups in Cameroon
→
multilingual speakers in Cameroon → |
| usedInDomain |
informal communication
→
interethnic communication → marketplaces → music → popular culture → religious communication → |
| usedInEducation |
informal peer communication in schools
→
|
| usedInMedia |
popular music lyrics in Cameroon
→
radio programs in Cameroon → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Cameroonian Pidgin English
("Cameroon Pidgin")
→
Cameroonian Pidgin English ("Cameroon Pidgin English") → Cameroonian Pidgin English ("Pidgin English (Cameroon)") → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
Equatoguinean Pidgin English
→
Krio language → Pichi language → |
closelyRelatedTo |
|
Cameroon
→
|
recognizedLanguage |