About 5% of Cameroonians are native speakers of the language, while an estimated 50% of the population speak it in some form. This variety is spoken by the Bororo cattle traders, many of whom travel through Nigeria and Cameroon.Ĭameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language. This variety is spoken mainly in the southwest coastal area around the port that used to be called Victoria and is now Limbe. This variety is now used mainly in towns such as Douala, Nkongsamba, Bafoussam and Yaoundé, and by francophones talking to anglophones who do not speak French. This variety has been used by the Catholic Church for three-quarters of a century.

Grafi Kamtok, the variety used in the grassfields and often referred to as 'Grafi Talk'.It is primarily spoken in the North West and South West English speaking regions. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole ( Cameroon Pidgin: Wes Cos, from West Coast), is a language variety of Cameroon.