| Karang | |
| Also Known As: | Mbum |
| Nativename: | Laka |
| States: | Cameroon, Chad |
| Speakers: | 17,000 in Cameroon |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Speakers2: | 1,000 of Karang, Ngumi, Sakpu, and Mbere in Chad (1995) |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Mbum–Day |
| Fam4: | Mbum |
| Fam5: | Central Mbum |
| Fam6: | Karang |
| Iso3: | kzr |
| Glotto: | kara1478 |
| Glottorefname: | Karang |
| Dia1: | Karang |
| Dia2: | Ngumi |
Karang language (also called Mbum East or Lakka) is an Mbum language of Cameroon and Chad.
There are 27,000 – 32,000 Karang speakers in Cameroon, including 7,000 speakers of the Sakpu dialect (SIL 1991), and 10,000-15,000 speakers of the Nzakmbay dialect (SIL 1998). Karang is spoken in Touboro and Tcholliré communes in Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region, and also in Chad. It is closely related to Pana.[1]
| Uppercase | 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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| Lowercase | 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 |
Nasalisation is indicated with a cedilla : a̧, ȩ, i̧, o̧, ɔ̧, u̧.
The only tone is high, indicated with an acute accent: á, é, í, ó, ɔ́, ú; it can be combined with nasalisation: á̧, ȩ́, í̧, ó̧, ú̧.
Long vowels are indicated with an h.