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Yaoundé (UK: / j ɑː ˈ ʊ n d eɪ,-ˈ uː n-/; [2] US: / ˌ j ɑː ʊ n ˈ d eɪ /, French pronunciation:) is the capital city of Cameroon.It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala.
Cameroon is a Francophone and Anglophone country, where, as of 2024, 11.957 million (41.17%) out of 29.124 million people speak French. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The nation strives toward bilingualism , but in reality very few (11.6%) Cameroonians are literate in both French and English, and 28.8% are literate in neither. [ 9 ]
The General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages is an orthographic system created in the late 1970s for all Cameroonian languages. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Consonant and vowel letters are not to contain diacritics, though ẅ is a temporary exception.
From 1940 to 1946, it was the capital of Cameroon. [5] In 1955 the city had over 100,000 inhabitants. [4] In 1960, Cameroon gained independence as a federal republic, with its capital in Yaoundé. Douala became the major economic city. In 1972, the federal republic became a unitary state. Douala then had a population of around 500,000. [4]
Bafia (pronunciation ⓘ) is a Cameroonian town and commune in the Centre Province region. [1] It is the capital of the Mbam-et-Inoubou department. It lies 120 km (75 mi) north of the country's capital Yaoundé. Bafia has approximately 55,700 inhabitants, making it the third-largest city in the province after Yaoundé and Mbalmayo.
Annals of the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, University of Yaounde 1(5), 183-197; Kouega, Jean-Paul (2007). Forenames in Cameroon English speech. The International Journal of Language, Society and Culture, 23, 32–46. Talla Sando Ouafeu Yves (2006). Intonational meaning in Cameroon English discourse: a sociolinguistic perspective.
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Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole (Cameroon Pidgin: Wes Cos, from West Coast), is a language variety of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). It is primarily spoken in the North West and South West English speaking regions. [2] Cameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language. Approximately 5 ...