Cameroon English is an English dialect spoken
predominantly in Cameroon, mostly learned
as a second language. It shares some similarities
with English varieties in neighbouring West
Africa, as Cameroon lies at the west of Central
Africa.It is a postcolonial variety of English,
long in use in the territory (Southern Cameroons,
now the northwest of the republic). Over the
years, it has developed characteristic features,
particularly in lexis but also in phonology
and grammar. Those characteristics were once
regarded as errors but are now increasingly
accepted as distinctive Cameroonian contributions
to the English language.
== Phonological features ==
The phonemes , and tend to merge to , making
"cot", "caught" and "cut" homophones. Similary,
"lock" and "luck" are pronounced alike. And
"white-collar worker" sometimes becomes "white-colour
worker" in Cameroon.
== Expressions ==
Characteristic turns of phrase in the country
or local coinages:
"detailly" = in detail
"to see with me" = to agree with me; to see
my point of view
"installmentally" = by installments
"of recent" = recently; lately
== See also ==
Languages of Cameroon
Cameroonian Pidgin English
Camfranglais (when mixed with French)
Anglophone Cameroonian
Anglophone problem (Cameroon)
== References ==
https://web.archive.org/web/20060917043540/http://www2.univ-reunion.fr/~ageof/text/74c21e88-656.html
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Further reading ==
Kouega, Jean-Paul (2007). A Dictionary of
Cameroon English Usage. New York: Peter Lang.
ISBN 978-3-03911-027-8.
Kouega, Jean-Paul (1999). Some Major Speech
Traits of Cameroon Media News in English.
English Studies 80(6), 540-555
Kouega, Jean-Paul (2000). Some Aspects of
Cameroon English Prosody. Alizes, 19, 137-153
Kouega, Jean-Paul (2003). Influence of Contacts
between Western and African Cultures on English
in Cameroon. Proceedings of the Unifying Aspects
of Cultures conference at Vienna, Austria,
November 7–9.
In: TRANS. Internet-Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften.
No. 15/2003, (2003). WWW: http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/07_2/kouega15.htm.
Kouega, Jean-Paul (2005). The Effects of French
on English L2 in Cameroon. In J. Cohen, K.
T. McAlister, K. Rolstad, and J. MacSwan (Eds.)
ISB4: Proceedings of the 4th International
Symposium on Bilingualism (pp. 1201–1210).
Somerville, MA, USA: Cascadilla Press.
Kouega, Jean-Paul, (2006). Aspects of Cameroon
English Usage: A Lexical Appraisal. Muenchen,
Germany: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3-89586-877-9
Kouega, Jean-Paul (2006c). Interplay of Accent
and Orthography in L2 English in Cameroon.
Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Letters and
Social Sciences, University of Yaounde 1(5),
183-197
Kouega, Jean-Paul (2007). Forenames in Cameroon
English speech. The International Journal
of Language, Society and Culture, 23, 32-46.
Talla Sando Ouafeu Yves (2006). Intonational
meaning in Cameroon English discourse: a sociolinguistic
perspective. Goettingen: Cuvillier Verlag
