1) WHAT IS KAMTOK?

Kamtok is an English-based pidgin language used in Cameroon. It is a lingua franca in Cameroon. Cameroon has 2 official languages which are French and English. Though Kamtok is not an official language, it is learned by children since infancy along with their mother tongue. Cameroonians regard Kamtok as not being very desirable but they are attached to it and they find it useful. Developed from pidgin, took up by the childeren as thier first language, Kamtok is now a well established variety in Cameroon where it is used in Radio, TV, churches, etc.