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.
Mfumte | |
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Region | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Mfumte |
Native speakers | (24,700 Mfumte dialect cited 1982)[1] 6,000 Kwaja and Ndaktup (2000), unknown number Fum |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:nfu – Mfumtefum – Fumkdz – Kwaja (East Mfumte) |
Glottolog | mfum1239 Mfumteicfumm1238 Fum |
The mfumte 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/ |
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