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In addition to the colonial languages, there are approximately 250 other languages spoken by nearly 20 million Cameroonians. It is because of this that Cameroon is considered one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. | In addition to the colonial languages, there are approximately 250 other languages spoken by nearly 20 million Cameroonians. It is because of this that Cameroon is considered one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. | ||
<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cameroon," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon#Languages, accessed 31 March 2021.</ref> | <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cameroon," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon#Languages, accessed 31 March 2021.</ref> | ||
'''Literacy in official languages according to the 2005 census | |||
(population of age 12 and above)'''<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Languages of Cameroon," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Cameroon#Offical_languages, accessed 31 March 2021.</ref> | |||
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! Rank !! Language !! Percentage !! # of population | |||
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| 1 || French (Total) || 57.6 || 6,405,981 | |||
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| 2 || English (Total) || 25.2 || 2,802,794 | |||
|- | |||
| - || ''French only'' || ''46.0'' || ''5,112,479'' | |||
|- | |||
| - || ''English only'' || ''13.6'' || ''1,509,292'' | |||
|- | |||
| - || ''French and English'' || ''11.6'' || ''1,293,502'' | |||
|- | |||
| - || ''Neither French nor English || ''28.8'' || ''3,199,221'' | |||
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| || Total || 100.00 || 11,114,495 | |||
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==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||