Karon language explained
Karon |
States: | Senegal, Gambia |
Region: | Southwest Senegal coast |
Speakers: | 15,000 |
Date: | 2007 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Bak |
Fam4: | Jola |
Fam5: | Jola Proper |
Fam6: | Karon–Mlomp |
Iso3: | krx |
Glotto: | karo1294 |
Glottorefname: | Karon |
Person: | alɔɔn |
Language: | kägup kɔlɔɔnay |
Root: | Kalɔɔn |
The Karon or Kalɔɔn[1] language is an endangered language of Senegal and Gambia. It belongs to the Bak branch of the Niger–Congo language family, and is particularly closely related to the Mlomp language.
Karon is spoken in a coastal area north of the mouth of the Casamance River. A person is called alɔɔn in the language, and speakers refer to their own language as kägup kɔlɔɔnay.[1]
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Advanced tongue root is marked with an acute accent /á/.
[2] External links
Notes and References
- Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
- Book: Sambou, Pierre. Phonologie et elements de grammaire du jóola karon. 2002.