(For a comprehensive description of its linguistic features and its place in the language ecology of Cameroon, see amongst others, Kouega 20).
For many years, it has been used on school playgrounds and campuses and in political campaigns, and today it is forcing its way into spoken media. With time it passed into use in the market place, and was adopted by Baptist missionaries as the language of their evangelical crusade. It took flight when it became a makeshift language used in German plantations and undertakings by forced labourers who were drawn from the hinterland and who spoke different indigenous languages. A few decades later during the German annexation period (1884–1914), Pidgin resisted a German ban. It preceded English in Cameroon: the first Baptist missionaries who arrived in Cameroon in 1845 and introduced formal education in English, had to learn Pidgin. It came into being in the Slave Trade Years (1440 to early 1800s ). It is a vehicular language that has been in active use in the country for over 200 years. It is a variety of West African Pidgin Englishes spoken along the coast from Ghana to Cameroon. You can see not only the translation of the phrase you are searching for, but also how it is translated depending on the context. We also offer usage examples showing dozens of translated sentences. Many speakers are unaware that this language is different from Standard English. In Glosbe you can check not only English or Cameroon Pidgin translations. The terms "Cameroonian Pidgin", "Cameroonian Pidgin English", "Cameroonian Creole" and "Kamtok" are synonyms for what Cameroonians call Cameroon Pidgin English. About 5% of Cameroonians are native speakers of the language, while an estimated 50% of the population speak it in some form. It is primarily spoken in the North West and South West English speaking regions. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.Ĭameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language. Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole (Cameroon Pidgin: Wes Cos, from West Coast), is a language variety of Cameroon.
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