Mbuʼ language

Mbuʼ, or Ajumbu, is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family. Inasmuch as Western Beboid may be valid, Mbuʼ would appear to be the most divergent of its languages.

Mbuʼ
Ajumbu
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
200 (2011)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3muc
Glottologmbuu1238
ELPAjumbu

"Mbuʼ" is the name of the village the language is spoken in.

Phonology

Mbu' Consonant phonemes[2]
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Glottal
Plain Labialized Plain Labial
Nasal m ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless k kp ʔ
voiced b g gb
Affricate voiceless t̪s̪
voiced d̪z̪
Fricative voiceless f ʃ
voiced v ʒ ɣ
Approximant j ɥ w
Mbu' Vowel Phonemes[2]
Front Central Back
Close i y ɨ u
Mid e ɛ ə o ɔ
Open a

There are three tones; high, mid, and low.

References

  1. Mbuʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Good, Jeff and Lovegren, Jesse and Mve, Jean Patrick and Tchiemouo, Nganguep Carine and Voll, Rebecca and Di Carlo, Pierpaolo. 2011. The languages of the Lower Fungom region of Cameroon: Grammatical overview. Africana Linguistica 17. 101–164.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.