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

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

  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.


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