Propriétés du camfranglais etenseignement du français au Cameroun

Abstract

amfranglais is a composite speech born after the reunification in 1972, ofthe two parts English-speaking and French-speaking population of Cameroon. It is characterized by a mixture of English, of French, Pidgin-English, Cameroonian languages and languages from elsewhere; and it could be that it is this synergy of languages which creates the adhesion of the young people, even the elderly people to this speech. Indeed, camfranglais is no more not spoken only in the towns of Douala and Yaounde which saw it being born. It extends more and more in other urban centers and even in anglophone zone of the country, showing therefore the signs of the vitality it enjoys. However, it is to be raised that the structure of this speech is distinguished by its extreme instability, and also the fact that it makes a serious competition with Frenchon the national triangle. For these reasons, the linguists are not unanimous on its expansion. Some think that one should grant no regard to camfranglais, owing to the fact that it moves away the young people from the good use of French and because in allthe ways, nothing cannot be drawn from this speech, because of his lack of homogeneity. At the same moment, the issue of a common talk in the present moment is acute; and since the pidgin-english is still not authorized to play this part, the alternative of camfranglais may be considered. But with this intention, it would be necessary to initially codify and normalize it; two stages necessary during its way towards the summits. This is why the present work proposes to further expand the existing documentation about it, while being focused on its operating process, as well as on glottopolitique clearly defining its place and its functions within Cameroonian linguistic Babel