🇨🇲 What Language Do They Speak in Cameroon?
The short answer
Cameroon is officially bilingual in French and English — a legacy of its split colonial history. French dominates (about 80% of the country), English holds the northwest and southwest, and some 250 local languages plus the vibrant creole Camfranglais fill daily life.
Worth knowing
- ●Camfranglais blends French, English and local languages into one playful urban register
- ●Cameroon Pidgin English is a lingua franca in the anglophone regions
- ●With ~250 languages, Cameroon is often called 'Africa in miniature' — linguistically too
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