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Camfranglais

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Also known as Francamglais, Francanglais

Camfranglais (), Francanglais, or Francamglais (portmanteau of the French adjectives camerounais, français, and anglais) is a vernacular of Cameroon, containing grammatical and lexical elements from Cameroonian French, Cameroonian English, and Cameroonian Pidgin English, in addition to lexical contributions from various indigenous languages of Cameroon.

Key facts

Language.name
Camfranglais
Language.familycolor
mixed
Language.family
Mixed of Cameroonian French, Cameroonian English, and Cameroonian Pidgin English, with lexical from other languages of Cameroon
Language.states
Cameroon
Language.region
urban regions
Language.speakers
mostly younger people
Language.speakers_label
Speakers
Language.glotto
camf1234

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Camfranglais (), Francanglais, or Francamglais (portmanteau of the French adjectives camerounais, français, and anglais) is a vernacular of Cameroon, containing grammatical and lexical elements from Cameroonian French, Cameroonian English, and Cameroonian Pidgin English, in addition to lexical contributions from various indigenous languages of Cameroon.

The language blend is common among young people in the country, and rivals Cameroonian Pidgin English ("Creole") as the country's most common lingua franca. It is most popular in the high-density urban centres where anglophones and francophones meet. Camfranglais has caused concern for educators, who worry that the language blend may hinder acquisition of regular French and English and may be seen as a shortcut around true bilingualism. Studies are underway over Camfranglais, which some academics consider to be on its way to becoming a proper language.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camfranglais” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.