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Pol language

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Pol
Native toCameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo
Native speakers
44,000 Pol and Pomo (2000)[1]
(it may be that Kweso is counted under Kako)
Dialects
  • Pol
  • Pomo
  • Kweso
Language codes
ISO 639-3pmm
Glottologpomo1271  Pol
pomo1276  Pomo-Kweso
A.92[2]

Pol is a Bantu language of Cameroon. Pol proper is spoken in central Cameroon; the Pomo and Kweso dialects are spoken in Congo and the CAR near the Cameroonian border.

Demographics

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Polri Asóm, the southernmost dialect of the Polri language in Bertoua commune, is found in Dimako commune, in proximity with Kwakum.[3]

The Asóm claim to understand Kinda and vice versa. Kwakum speakers also claim to understand Polri Asóm.[3]

Polri Asóm is spoken in nine villages: four to the east of Doumé (commune of Dimako, department of Haut-Nyong, Eastern Region) and five to the north of Bertoua (south of Pol Canton in the commune of Bélabo, department of Lom-et-Djerem, Eastern Region).[3]

Polri Kinda is spoken in three villages: Mambaya to the north, as well as Mansa and Ona. The Asóm dialect should not be confused with the Asón dialect of Bébil.[3]

Polri is also spoken in the Republic of Congo. In Cameroon, there 38,676 speakers.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Pol at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ a b c d e Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.