Language name: |
MBUM |
UPSID number: |
4146 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Niger-Kordofanian, Adamawa |
This language has |
38 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.375539736 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
t
k
kp
b
bD
d
g
gb
b<
d<
mb
nd
Ng
Nmgb
f
h
v
mv
s
Z
nZ
m
n
nj
N
r
l
j
w
i
"e
a
"o
u
i~
a~
u~
|
Comment: |
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. |
Source(s): |
Hagege, C. 1970. La Langue MBum de NGanha (Cameroun). Societe pour l'etude des langues africaines, 18. CNRS & L'Universite de Liege. |