Cameroon Pidgin

Cameroon Pidgin is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Cameroon. Wikidata counts about 2 m speakers (1998). Wikidata describes it as “language variety spoken in Cameroon”.

3 · Wider CommunicationLatn2 m

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: wes
Glottocode: came1254
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 3 Wider Communication
Wikipedia: 10 language editions

—first-language speakers

2 msecond-language speakers

1countries

1scripts

—levels in the tree

3EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Cameroon Pidgin
Also called	Cameroonian Pidgin English, Cameroonian Creole, Kamtok, Cameroon Pidgin English
L2 speakers	2,000,000 (1998)
Written in	Latin script
Kind	creole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Cameroon Pidgin is spoken — Map: Daina · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Cameroon243 languages in the index

Also spoken in Cameroon

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · International fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · International hauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · Provincial kauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 m kncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider Communication shuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider Communication bumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider Communication fanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider Communication ewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication etoEtonNiger–Congo · 250,0006a · Vigorous