Bafanji language

Bafanji
	Chuufi
Spoken in	Cameroon
Native speakers	17,000 (2008)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields (Mbam–Nkam) Nun Bafanji; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bfj

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The Bafanji language, Chuufi (Nchufie), is spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.^[1]^[3] There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal morphology, including reduplication involving adjectives.

[edit] Sounds

Bafunji consonants^[4]
		Labial	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n		ɲ	ŋ
Stop	plain	p	t	t͡ʃ	c͡ç	k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	t͡ʃʰ	c͡çʰ	kʰ
	prenasalized^[1]	^mb	ⁿd	ⁿd͡ʒ	^ɲɟ	^ŋɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʃ	ç
Fricative	voiced		z			ɣ
Approximant	central				j	w
Approximant	lateral		l		ʎ

^ The prenasalized stops may also be considered voiced with redundant prenasalization.

Lewis, Paul, ed. (2009), Ethnologue:Languages of the World (16th ed.), Dallas, Texas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bfj
Silverman, Daniel (1995), "Optional, conditional, and obligatory prenasalization in Bafanji", Journal of West African Languages 25: 57–62

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Bafanji
Chuufi
Spoken in	Cameroon^[1]
Native speakers	17,000 (2008)^[2]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Eastern Grassfields (Mbam–Nkam) Nun Bafanji
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bfj`