Mfumte language
| Mfumte | |
|---|---|
| Region | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Mfumte |
Native speakers | (24,700 Mfumte dialect cited 1982)[1] 6,000 Kwaja and Ndaktup (2000), unknown number Fum |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:nfu – Mfumtefum – Fumkdz – Kwaja (East Mfumte) |
| Glottolog | mfum1239 Mfumteicfumm1238 Fum |
Mfumte (Nfumte) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. It is not clear if the four varieties spoken by ethnic Mfumte—Ndaktup, Kwaja, Fum and Mfumte proper—are mutually intelligible or distinct languages; ability to communicate may be either due to inherent intelligibility or to bilingualism, while Fum and Mfumte may simply be the Nigerian and Cameroonian names for the same language.
Orthography
The Mbembe alphabet has 40 letters, with 30 consonants and 10 vowels.[2]
| Letters (uppercase) | A | B | Ch | D | Dz | E | Ə | F | G | Gb | Gh | H | ’ | I | Ɨ | J | K | Kp | L | M | N | Ny | Ŋ | O | Ɔ | Ø | P | R | S | Sh | T | Ts | U | Ʉ | V | W | Wy | Y | Z | Zh |
| Letters (lowercase) | a | b | ch | d | dz | e | ə | f | g | gb | gh | h | ’ | i | ɨ | j | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | ø | p | r | s | sh | t | ts | u | ʉ | v | w | wy | y | z | zh |
| IPA | /a/ | /b/ | /tʃ/ | /d/ | /dz/ | /e/ | /ə/ | /f/ | /g/ | /gb/ | /ɣ/ | /x/, /h/ | /h/ | /i/ | /ɯ/ | /dʒ/ | /k/ | /kp/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋ/ | /o/ | /ɔ/ | /ø/ | /p/ | /ɾ/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /ts/ | /u/ | /y/ | /v/ | /w/ | /ɥ/ | /j/ | /z/ | /ʒ/ |
References
- ^ Mfumte at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Fum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kwaja (East Mfumte) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ a b Julius A. Eyoh; Robert Hedinger (June 2008). "Mfumte Orthography Guide" (PDF). silcam.org. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
External links
- A Sketch Grammar of the Central Mfumte Language An introduction to the Mfumte language and a description of its grammar rules
- Conflict Resolution Systems in Wulí’ Culture A description of language conflict including the Mfumte language
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