Kaalong language

Kaalong
Kaalong
Dimbong
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	50,000 (no date)
Native speakers	(140 cited 1992)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A) Bafia (A.50) Kaalong; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	dii
Glottolog	dimb1238
Guthrie code	A.52
ELP	Dimbong

Kaalong (Kàlòng) also known as Dimbong (Mbong), is an almost extinct Bantu language from the Center Province of Southern Cameroon.

The language is commonly defined as some combination of seven sub-varieties: Maja, Zakan, Tingong, Mbong, Ripe (or Bapé), Kpa (or Bafia), and Ti'bea (or Djanti), however linguists have not reached a single consensus on what languages are and not distinct from Kaalong.

Many Kaalong speakers have shifted to the similar yet arguably distinct Bafia language.

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