Moundang is spoken by more than 100,000 people in Mayo- Kebbi Prefecture; numerous Moundang speakers also live in Cameroon. The Moundang people raise millet for food and cot- ton for sale.
Is Cameroon French?
Cameroon is governed as a unitary presidential republic. The official languages of Cameroon are French and English, the official languages of former French Cameroons and British Cameroons….Cameroon.
| Republic of Cameroon République du Cameroun (French) Renndaandi Kamerun (Fula) | |
|---|---|
| Official languages | French English |
Is Lingala like French?
Lingala is a Bantu-based creole of Central Africa with roots in the Bobangi language, the language that provided the bulk of its lexicon and grammar. In its basic vocabulary, Lingala also has many borrowings from various other languages, such as: Swahili, Kikongo varieties, French, Portuguese, and English.
Which countries speak Lingala?
Lingala is spoken by more than 10 million people in a region comprising the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo south to its capital, Kinshasa, and the northern part of the Republic of the Congo, particularly in part of its capital, Brazzaville.
Can Cameroon speak English?
French and English are official languages, a heritage of Cameroon’s colonial past as a colony of both France and the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1960. Most people in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest provinces speak Cameroonian Pidgin English as a lingua franca.
How do you say hi in Lingala?
The word you will probably hear most as you begin to speak Lingala is mbote (m-BOH-teh), which means ‘hello’. It can be used at any time of day or night and is most properly followed by the person’s name, such as ‘Mbote Jenny’ or ‘Mbote Helena’, although it just as often stands alone as a greeting.
