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Where is Kung spoken?

Kung is an Atlantic-Congo language, spoken in Cameroon. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Language families (largest ten)

  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Kung is spoken

Kung is spoken in one country: Cameroon.

Country
Cameroon

Kung has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Kung?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Kung sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Kung as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Atlantic-Congo
  2. Volta-Congo
  3. Benue-Congo
  4. Bantoid
  5. Southern Bantoid
  6. Wide Grassfields
  7. Narrow Grassfields
  8. Ring
  9. Center-West Ring
  10. Center Ring
  11. Kung

Related languages

Other languages in the Center Ring group:

More about Kung

Codes: ISO 639-3 kfl, Glottolog kung1260. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.

Questions about Kung

Where is Kung spoken?

Kung is spoken in Cameroon. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Kung in?

Glottolog places Kung in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern Bantoid, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Ring, Center-West Ring and Center Ring.

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