**8. Conclusion**

None of the official languages in Cameroon serve as a unifying language. Rather, each of the official languages unify people across the former colonial boundaries and colonial languages of French and English. The lingua franca, Pidgin English leading and some local languages like Fulani, Duala, Ewondo, Haussa and Fulani and Bassa serve the purpose of unifying people around the physical and virtual territories bordering the main people who speak these languages. This motivates people speaking these languages to have a sense of belonging to some country beyond, with no properly defined country because of the linguistic affiliation. The Duala speakers claim belonging to a Sawa country (*Pays Sawa*), the Ewondo speakers claim belonging to the Beti country (*Pays Beti*). The Bassa speakers claim their belonging to the Bassa country (*Pays Bassa*). The Haussa and Fulani speakers claim their belonging to the Northerners (*Nordists*). Pidgin English is the local language that is widely spoken across all regions. The varieties of dialects in languages make a case for people to consider their villages and ethnic groups as countries. Though bilingualism is what the Cameroon administration created to unify the two former colonial territories, it does not replace the language divide and it is not a language but a policy difficult to apply. The trend of divisions and regroupings into different territories called countries within the country, Cameroon, is prominent amongst the former French Territory or East Cameroon. French and English are linked to a two territories, which were previously two different countries from 1916 to 1961.

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People still live in this colonial divide determined by these two languages though the names assigned to the two territories have evolved for over 105 years. Ethnic languages denote other countries within Cameroon putting into question its unified identity in a linguistic diversity that submerge the good intentions of bilingualism.
