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Languages Spoken in Cameroon

Official: English and French

Cameroon has a population of 31.0 million and is a linguistically diverse country, with 17 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. English and French serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Cameroon, 2 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

31.0M
Population
17
Languages
2
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Languages spoken in Cameroon

French Official
French Braille, French alphabet
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68%
CLDR
English Official
English Braille, English alphabet
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38%
CLDR
Bulu
Latin script
5%
CLDR
Fula
Adlam, Ajami script
4%
CLDR
Ewondo
Latin script
3%
CLDR
Yemba
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Ghomala
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Ngiemboon
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Kom
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Basaa
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Bamun
Bamum script, Latin script
1%
CLDR
Medumba
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Mundang
Latin script
1%
CLDR
Mafa
Latin script
0.7%
CLDR
Bafut
Latin script
0.6%
CLDR
Akoose
Latin script
0.5%
CLDR
Kako
Latin script
0.5%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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