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Sigma KEE - CameroonPidginLanguage
CameroonPidginLanguage(cameroon pidgin language)

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(documentation CameroonPidginLanguage EnglishLanguage "The CameroonPidginLanguage is a KrioGroupLanguage of Cameroon. SIL code: WES. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: (2,000,000 mainly second language users, 1989 UBS). Region: Primarily in South West and North West provinces, and widespread elsewhere. Alternate names: WES COS, CAMEROON CREOLE ENGLISH. Comments: Similar to Krio of Sierra Leone and Pidgin English of various West African countries, probably an offshoot of 19th century Krio. Also similar to Sranan (Ian Hancock). There are dialect variations. A growing number of first language speakers. Used by the police, prisons, urban school children at play since 1884. Now the most widespread lingua franca in Cameroon, used by about half the population (Todd and Hancock 1986). Trade language. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: Below 5%. Bible portions 1966.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 1836-1847
(instance CameroonPidginLanguage KrioGroupLanguage) Languages.kif 1835-1835 Cameroon pidgin language is an instance of krio group language

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage CameroonPidginLanguage "喀麦隆pidgin语言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 12835-12835
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage CameroonPidginLanguage "喀麥隆pidgin語言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 12834-12834
(termFormat EnglishLanguage CameroonPidginLanguage "cameroon pidgin language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 12833-12833


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