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The Fanji language, Chuufiè (chufieʼ), is a Grassfields Bantu language and the language of the Bafanji people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.[1][2] There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal morphology, including reduplication involving adjectives.

Fanji
Bafanji
Chuufieʼ
RegionCameroon
EthnicityBafanji
Native speakers
17,000 (2008)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta-Congo
      • Benue–Congo
        • Bantoid
          • Southern Bantoid
            • Grassfields
              • Eastern Grassfields
                • Mbam-Nkam
                  • Nun
                    • Fanji
Language codes
ISO 639-3bfj
Glottologbafa1249

Bafanji speakers, who number 8,500, call their language Chuufi. It is spoken south of Ndop in Ngoketunjia Department, Northwest Region. It is closely related to Bamali, Mengambo, and Bambalang.[3]


Phonology



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
Prenasalised[decimal 1] mb nd nd͡ʒ ɲɟ ŋɡ
Fricative Voiceless f s ʃ ç
Voiced z ɣ
Approximant Central j w
Lateral l ʎ
  1. The prenasalised stops may also be considered voiced with redundant prenasalisation.

References


  1. Fanji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Silverman (1995:57)
  3. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
  4. Silverman (1995:58)


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На других языках

[de] Bafanji

Bafanji ist eine Sprache, die in der Nordwestregion von Kamerun gesprochen wird.[1][3]
- [en] Fanji language

[fr] Bafanji (langue)

Le bafanji – également connu sous le nom de bafangi, bafanyi, chufie’, chuufi, nchufie[1] – est une langue bantoïde des Grassfields parlée par environ 17 000 personnes (2008) dans le Nord-Ouest du Cameroun, dans le département du Ngo-Ketunjia, à Balikumbat, au sud-ouest de Ndop et de la plaine de Ndop.


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