Mundabli-Mufu language

Mundabli-Mufu
Ji
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
500 (2011)
Dialects
  • Mundabli (Ngo Njan)
  • Mufu (Ngo Nsoh)
Language codes
ISO 639-3boe
Glottologmund1328
ELPMundabli-Mufu

Mundabli-Mufu 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.

The language is spoken in the villages of Mundabli (6°36′23″N 10°16′23″E / 6.6063122°N 10.2729361°E / 6.6063122; 10.2729361 (Mundabli)) and Mufu. The neighboring village of Buu speaks a closely related but distinct 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

  1. ↑ Mundabli-Mufu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Good, Jeff and Lovegren, Jesse and Mve, Jean Patrick and Tchiemouo, Nganguep Carine and Voll, Rebecca and Di Carlo, Pierpaolo. 2011. The languages of the Lower Fungom region of Cameroon: Grammatical overview. Africana Linguistica 17. 101–164.
  3. ↑ Good, Jeff and Lovegren, Jesse and Mve, Jean Patrick and Tchiemouo, Nganguep Carine and Voll, Rebecca and Di Carlo, Pierpaolo. 2011. The languages of the Lower Fungom region of Cameroon: Grammatical overview. Africana Linguistica 17. 101–164.