Karon language

Karon
Native to	Senegal, Gambia
Region	Southwest Senegal coast
Native speakers	15,000 (2007)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Bak Jola Jola Proper Karon–Mlomp Karon
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`krx`
Glottolog	`karo1294`^[2]

The Karon 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.

References

↑ Karon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Karon". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

Karon entry in the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages

Languages of the Gambia

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Balanta Cangin Dyula Fula Karon Kassonke Mandinka Mandjak Pulaar Serer Soninke Wolof

Sign languages	Gambian Sign Language

Languages of Senegal

Official language	French

National languages	Balanta-Ganja Hassaniyya Jola-Fonyi Mandinka Mandjak Mankanya Noon Pulaar Serer Soninke Wolof

Indigenous languages	Bambara Bandial Bapeng Bassari Bayot Bedik Dyula Fula Gusilay Jola-Felupe Karon Kasa Kassonke Kobiana Laalaa Maninka Ndut Palor Safen Wamey Yalunka Zenaga

Atlantic languages

Bak languages

Jola	Bayot Fonyi Banjaal Gusilay. Ejamat Kasa Kuwaataay Karon Mlomp

Other	Balanta Bayot Bijago Mandjak Mankanya Papel

Senegambian

Fula–Tenda	Basari Bedik Bapeng Biafada Fula Konyagi Lehar Ndut Noon Pajade Palor Safen Serer

Others	Baga Pokur Banyum Kasanga Kobiana Mbulungish Nalu Wolof

Mel languages

Others

Limba
Gola

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