Kaalong language

Kaalong (Kàlòng) also known as Dimbong (Mbong), is an almost extinct Bantu language from the Center Province of Southern Cameroon.[5]

Kaalong
Dimbong
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	50,000 (no date)[1]
Native speakers	(<300 cited 1979)[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Bafia (A.50) Kaalong
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dii
Glottolog	dimb1238[3]
Guthrie code	A.52[4]

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.[6]

Many Kaalong speakers have shifted to the similar yet arguably distinct Bafia language.[7]

References

1. Kaalong language at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
2. Kaalong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Dimbong". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
5. Larry, Hyman (February 2002). ""Abstract" Vowel Harmony in Kàlòng: A System-Driven Account" (PDF). Théories Linguistiques et Langues Sub-Sahariennes.
6. Boone, Douglas (1992). "Dimbong survey report" (PDF). Société Internationale de Linguistique.
7. "Dimbong". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-11-22.