Karang language

Karang
Karang
Mbum
Laka
Native to	Cameroon, Chad
Native speakers	17,000 in Cameroon (2007); 1,000 of Karang, Ngumi, Sakpu, and Mbere in Chad (1995)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mbum–Day Mbum Central Mbum Karang Karang; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Karang; Ngumi;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kzr
Glottolog	kara1478
ELP	Karang

Karang language (also called Mbum East or Lakka) is an Mbum language of Cameroon and Chad.

Dialects

There are 27,000 – 32,000 Karang speakers in Cameroon, including 7,000 speakers of the Sakpu dialect (SIL 1991), and 10,000-15,000 speakers of the Nzakmbay dialect (SIL 1998). Karang is spoken in Touboro and Tcholliré communes in Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region, and also in Chad. It is closely related to Pana.^[2]

Writing system

Karang alphabet
Uppercase	A	B	Ɓ	D	Ɗ	E	F	G	GB	H	I	K	KP	L	M	MB	MGB	N	ND	NZ	Ŋ	ŊG	O	Ɔ	P	R	S	T	U	V	VB	W	Y	Ƴ	Z
Lowercase	a	b	ɓ	d	ɗ	e	f	g	gb	h	i	k	kp	l	m	mb	mgb	n	nd	nz	ŋ	ŋg	o	ɔ	p	r	s	t	u	v	vb	w	y	ƴ	z

Nasalisation is indicated with a cedilla : a̧, ȩ, i̧, o̧, ɔ̧, u̧.

The only tone is high, indicated with an acute accent: á, é, í, ó, ɔ́, ú; it can be combined with nasalisation: á̧, ȩ́, í̧, ó̧, ú̧.

Long vowels are indicated with an h.

References

^ Karang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.