Feʼfeʼ | |
---|---|
Nufi, Fotouni, Bafang [1] | |
Fèʼéfěʼè | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Haut-Nkam (Upper Nkam) |
Ethnicity | Bamileke Feʼefeʼe |
Native speakers | c. 140,000 (2005) [2] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
fmp |
Glottolog |
fefe1239 |
Feʼfeʼ or commonly Feʼefeʼe, also known as Nufi or Bafang ( Fe'fe': Nufi), is a Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, around the town of Bafang. It was one of the four languages selected for option at the Collège Libermann at Douala (along with Duala, Basaa and Ghɔmálá'). [3]
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 |
Allophones are given in brackets.
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) |
Front | Mid | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | ɨ [a] | u |
Mid | e | (ə) [b] | o |
( ɛ) | ( ɔ) | ||
Low | a | ɑ |
Tone | Low | Raised-Low | Mid | High |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diacritic | à | ẚ | a | á |
Example | [pʉà] | [pʉẚ] | [pʉa] | [pʉá] |
Translation | bag | to bend over | to go crazy | two (2) |
The language has a complex tone system, carefully described, along with other aspects of the phonology and morphology, in Hyman (1972). [4]
Feʼfeʼ | |
---|---|
Nufi, Fotouni, Bafang [1] | |
Fèʼéfěʼè | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Haut-Nkam (Upper Nkam) |
Ethnicity | Bamileke Feʼefeʼe |
Native speakers | c. 140,000 (2005) [2] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
fmp |
Glottolog |
fefe1239 |
Feʼfeʼ or commonly Feʼefeʼe, also known as Nufi or Bafang ( Fe'fe': Nufi), is a Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, around the town of Bafang. It was one of the four languages selected for option at the Collège Libermann at Douala (along with Duala, Basaa and Ghɔmálá'). [3]
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 |
Allophones are given in brackets.
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) |
Front | Mid | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | ɨ [a] | u |
Mid | e | (ə) [b] | o |
( ɛ) | ( ɔ) | ||
Low | a | ɑ |
Tone | Low | Raised-Low | Mid | High |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diacritic | à | ẚ | a | á |
Example | [pʉà] | [pʉẚ] | [pʉa] | [pʉá] |
Translation | bag | to bend over | to go crazy | two (2) |
The language has a complex tone system, carefully described, along with other aspects of the phonology and morphology, in Hyman (1972). [4]