Karon language

Kalɔɔn
Kalɔɔn
Person	alɔɔn
Language	kägup kɔlɔɔnay

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

The Karon or Kalɔɔn^[2] 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.

Karon is spoken in a coastal area north of the mouth of the Casamance River. A person is called alɔɔn in the language, and speakers refer to their own language as kägup kɔlɔɔnay.^[2]

^ Karon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

[e18-1] Karon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Wilson-2] Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.

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