Language

There are at least 250 languages spoken in Cameroon. However, some sources claim that there are about 600 languages. There are 169 Niger-Congo languages, two Nilo-Saharan languages, four Ubangian languages, and 55 Afro-Asiatic languages among them. This latter category consists of 142 Benue-Congo languages, 28 Adamawa languages, and one Senegambian language (Fulfulde) (130 of which are Bantu languages). As a legacy of Cameroon's colonial past as a colony of both France and the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1960, French and English are the official languages. Eight of Cameroon's ten regions have a majority of francophones, making up 83% of the country's population, and two have a majority of anglophones, making up 17%.

Cameroonian Pidgin English, often known as Kamtok, is the primary language of the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest provinces. The same purpose is served by Fulfulde in the north and by Ewondo in several of the provinces of the center, south, and east. Anglophone and Francophone Cameroonians frequently mingle and communicate in metropolitan areas, where Camfranglais (or Frananglais) is a relatively new pidgin language. The hybrid language has gained popularity as a result of the utilization of popular vocalists.