Karang language

"Lakka language" redirects here and is not to be confused with Laka language or Lakkia language.

Not to be confused with Kareng language.

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

Karang
Mbum
Laka
Native to	Cameroon, Chad
Native speakers	17,000 in Cameroon (2007)[1] 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

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.

See also

• List of Proto-Lakka reconstructions (Wiktionary)