Mundabli language

Mundabli
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	500 (2011)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid ? Western Beboid Mundabli
Dialects	Mundabli Bu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	boe
Glottolog	mund1328
ELP	Mundabli-Mufu

Mundabli 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.

"Mundabli" is a village name. The language is spoken in the villages of Mundabli, Mufu, and Bu. The variety in Bu may be distinct enough to be considered a separate language.

Phonology

Mundabli Consonant Phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Palatal		Velar
				Plain	Labial
Nasal		m	n̪	ɲ		ŋ
Plosive	voiceless		t̪			k
	voiced	b	d̪			g
Affricate	voiceless		t̪s̪	tʃ		kp
	voiced		d̪z̪	dʒ		gb
Fricative		f	s̪	ʃ
Approximant			l̪	j	ɥ	w

Mundabli Vowel Phonemes

	Front		Central	Back
	Plain	Lowered		Lowered	Plain
Close	i	ɪ	ɨ	ʊ	u
Close-mid	e		ə	o
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open	a			ɒ

There are four tones; extra high, high, mid, and low.

References

• Blench, Roger, 2011. 'The membership and internal structure of Bantoid and the border with Bantu'. Bantu IV, Humboldt University, Berlin.
• Good, Jeff, & Jesse Lovegren. 2009. 'Reassessing Western Beboid'. Bantu III.
• Good, Jeff, & Scott Farrar. 2008. 'Western Beboid and African language classification'. LSA.
• Voll, R.M. (2017). A grammar of Mundabli: a Bantoid (Yemne-Kimbi) language of Cameroon (Doctoral thesis). LOT (Leiden University). hdl:1887/56258. ISBN 9789460932540. {{cite thesis}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)