The Karon or KalɔɔnWilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 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.
Phonology Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalStopvoicelesspttʃkʔprenasalᵐpⁿtᶮtʃᵑkNasalplainmnɲtensemːɲːFricativefshLaterallApproximantwj
Vowels FrontCentral Backoralnasaloralnasaloralnasal Closei iːĩu uːũMide eːẽo oːõOpena aːã Advanced tongue root is marked with an acute accent /á/.
References
External links Karon entry in the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages