Feʼfeʼ language

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Feʼfeʼ
Nufi, Fotouni, Bafang[1]
Fèʼéfěʼè
Native toCameroon
RegionHaut-Nkam (Upper Nkam)
EthnicityBamileke Feʼefeʼe
Native speakers
c. 140,000 (2005)[2]
Niger–Congo?
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3fmp
Glottologfefe1239

Feʼfeʼ or commonly Feʼefeʼe, also known as Nufi or Bafang (

Ghɔmálá').[3]

Writing system

Feʼfeʼ alphabet[citation needed]
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

Consonants

Allophones are given in brackets.

Consonants[4]
Labial Dental Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m
n
 		(ɲ) ŋ
Plosive
 voiceless (p)
t
 		t͡ʃ k ʔ
voiced b
d
 		d͡ʒ ɡ
Fricative
 voiceless f s (ʃ) x
voiced v z (ʒ) (ɣ)
Approximant
 (w) (
l
) 		(j)


Vowels

Vowels[4]
Front Mid Back
High i ɨ[a] u
Mid e (ə)[b] o
(ɛ) (ɔ)
Low a ɑ
  1. ^ Hyman (1972) uses /ɯ/, represented by ⟨ʉ⟩.[5]
  2. ^ Hyman (1972) uses /ɤ/.[5]

Tone

The language has a complex tone system, carefully described, along with other aspects of the phonology and morphology, in Hyman (1972).[4]

References

  1. ^ OLAC resources in and about the Feʼfeʼ language. Open Language Archives.
  2. ^ Feʼfeʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Renaud, Patrick (1979). "Le Français au Cameroun". In Valdman, A. (ed.). Le Français hors de France. Paris: Editions Honoré Champion.
  4. ^ a b c Hyman, Larry (1972). A Phonological Study of Feʼfeʼ-Bamileke (PDF) (PhD thesis). Los Angeles: University of California.
  5. ^ a b Hyman 1972, p. 32.

External links

Feʼfeʼ language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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