Kol language (Cameroon)

Kol
Native to Cameroon
Native speakers
(12,000 cited 1988)[1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 biw
Glottolog kolc1235[2]
A.832[3]

Kol is a Niger–Congo language of the Bantu family. It is spoken in the East Province of Cameroon, in the vicinity of Messaména. Alternate names for Kol language include Bikele-Bikay, Bikele-Bikeng, Bekol.

References

  1. Kol at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kol (Cameroon)". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Further reading

  • Henson, Bonnie Jean. 2007. The phonology and morphosyntax of Kol. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. xx, 592 p.


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