Fe'fe' language
| Fe'fe' | |
|---|---|
| Nufi, Fotouni, Bafang[1] | |
| Fe'efe'e | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Haut-Nkam (Upper Nkam) |
| Ethnicity | Bamileke Fe'efe'e |
Native speakers | c. 140,000 (2005)[2] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | fmp |
| Glottolog | fefe1239 |
Fe'fe' or Fe'efe'e, also known as Nufi or Bafang (Fe'fe': Nufi), is a Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, around the town of Bafang. It was one of the four languages selected for option at the Collège Libermann at Douala (along with Duala, Basaa and Banjun).[3]
Writing system[edit]
| Uppercase | A | Ɑ | B | C | D | E | Ə | F | G | Gh | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ŋ | O | P | S | Sh | T | U | Ʉ | V | W | Y | Z | Zh | ʼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowercase | a | ɑ | b | c | d | e | ə | f | g | gh | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ŋ | o | p | s | sh | t | u | ʉ | v | w | y | z | zh | ʼ |
Phonology[edit]
Consonants[edit]
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | labiodental | |||||||
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | ɡ | ʔ | |||
| voiceless | p | t | c | k | ||||
| Fricative | voiced | z | ||||||
| voiceless | f | s | v | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Rhotic | y | |||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||||
Vowels[edit]
| +Back | -Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | ɨ | u | i | |
| Low | -Round | a | æ | |
| +Round | o | e | ||
Tone[edit]
The language has a complex tone system, carefully described, along with other aspects of the phonology and morphology, in Hyman (1972).[5]
References[edit]
- ^ OLAC resources in and about the Fe'fe' language. Open Language Archives.
- ^ Fe'fe' at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Patrick Renaud, Le Français au Cameroun in: Le Français hors de France sous la direction de A. Valdman, Editions Honoré Champion, Paris, 1979.
- ^ a b Ill.), Chicago Linguistic Society. Regional Meeting (27th : 1991 : Chicago. Papers from the 27th Regional Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society 1991 : Part one: The General Session. Dobrin, Lise M., Nichols, Lynn., Rodriguez, Rosa M. (1st ed.). ISBN 0914203371. OCLC 29310059.
- ^ Hyman, Larry (1972). "A Phonological Study of Fe' Fe' Bamileke" (PDF).
External links[edit]
- Language Museum
- List of Nufi terms and their German translation
- Résurrection des langues minoritaires
- Alphabet camerounais
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