Cameroon Pidgin

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf creole language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Cameroonian_Pidgin_English
gptkb:Kamtok
gptkbp:creolizedFrom English
gptkbp:firstAttested 19th century
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Francophone_Kamtok
gptkb:Grafi_Kamtok
gptkb:Limbe_Kamtok
gptkb:Liturgical_Kamtok
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cameroon Pidgin
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:French
local Cameroonian languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 wes
gptkbp:languageFamily creole language
gptkbp:notOfficialLanguageOf gptkb:Cameroon
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers 5 million
gptkbp:originatedIn English
local African languages
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Cameroon
gptkbp:status lingua franca in Cameroon
gptkbp:usedAsLinguaFrancaBy different ethnic groups in Cameroon
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:footballer
gptkb:merchant
gptkb:musician
gptkb:poet
gptkb:priest
gptkb:writer
activists
politicians
students
teachers
filmmakers
youth
storytellers
comedians
bloggers
market women
radio broadcasters
social media users
taxi drivers
television presenters
urban and rural populations
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:media
gptkb:religion
commerce
education
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cameroonian_Pidgin_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7