Karang is one of the African languages common in southwest Chad and in the center of Cameroon [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] . It is spoken by 18,000 people in all countries, 17,000 of them in Cameroon [6] .
| Karang | |
|---|---|
| Self name | Laka |
| Country |  Cameroon  Chad [1] |
| Regions | southwest of Chad; Center of Cameroon [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] |
| Total number of speakers | 17,000 people in Cameroon ; 1,000 people in Chad ; [6] 18,000 in all countries |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Nigero-Congolese Macrofamia
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| Writing | Latin [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Ethnologue | |
| Elcat | |
| Ietf | |
| Glottolog | |
This language has several dialects - ngumi (ngomi), sakpu, mber [1] [7] .
The code for the quranga in ISO 639-3 is kzr [1] [2] .
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Alternative names
Karang has several alternative names: mbum, mbum-ist [1] , oriental mbum, nzak karang, varnish, varnish, careng, lacca mumbum, mbum bakal [2] .
Phonology
List of consonants of the karanga: m, k, j, p, w, n, s, t, b, l, h, g, ŋ, d, f, r, z, v, gb, kp, c,, mb, ŋg, nd, β, ɗ, ŋmgb, nz, ʔʲ [4] .
The list of vowels of the karanga: i, a, u, o, e, ɔ [4] .
The list of tones of the quranga: high, low, medium, ascending. [four]
Writing
Karang uses a modified Latin alphabet.
| Big letters | 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 |
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| Small letters | 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 |
In the Quranga, the nodalization of vowels is denoted by the sedile: a̧, ȩ, i̧, o̧, ɔ̧, u̧ [8] . There are also a few more letters that are not officially included in the alphabet, but are used in writing: á, é, í, ó, ɔ́, ú , á̧, ȩ́, í̧, ̧̧, ú̧ [8] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Karang | Ethnologue
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Where do you speak karang?
- ↑ 1 2 Karang in Chad | Joshua project
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 PHOIBLE Online
- ↑ 1 2 Glottolog 2.4 - Karang
- ↑ 1 2 Wikiwix's cache
- ↑ About: Karang language
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ulfers 2007