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| Selected languages: | Mbum |
| UPSID number: | 4146 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Adamawa |
| The languages has | 38 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ⁿɡ͡b] [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [ⁿb] [p] [b] [b̪] [ⁿd] [t] [d] [ⁿɡ] [k] [ɡ] [ɓ] [ɗ] [s] [ⁿʒ] [ʒ] [ⁿv] [f] [v] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ĩ] [ũ] [ä̃] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | Mbum is spoken in a discontinuous area in central northern Cameroun and adjoining parts of Chad and the Central African Republic. Mbum has a 2-level tone system. Segments described by Hagege as "apical" are interpreted as alveolar. |
| Sources: | Hagege, C. 1970. La Langue MBum de NGanha (Cameroun). Societe pour l'etude des langues africaines, 18. CNRS & L'Universite de Liege. |