Bamum language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

  • Atlantic - Congo Benue - Congo Bantoide languages Südbantoide languages grassland East Prairie ( Mbam - Nkam ) now

Bax

Bamum ( proper name Schupamem or Shüpamom pronunciation: [ ʃŷpǎ ˑ məm ] " Bamum language," French Bamoun ), is a semi - Bantu language of Cameroon, so bantoide a language that is not one of the Bantu languages.

It belongs to the branch of the Mbam - Nkam languages ​​within the semi- Bantu languages.

The Bamum language has about a quarter million speakers and was the official language of the Kingdom of Bamum. It has its own writing system, the Bamun font, which was designed by the famous Sultan Njoya Ibrahim and his palace circle 1895. Around 1895 Sultan Njoya developed several publications, the last also "A- ka -u- ku " is called and had some success, until the French colonial administration put on its use punishment and all schools closed, they had taught.

The Cameroonian musician Claude Ndam and Gerry are native country in Bamum and use it in their music.

The official ISO language code [ bax ]. There are several dialects which are related to the languages ​​Bafanji, Bamali, Bambalang and Bangolan.

Phonology

Bamum has sounds, long vowels and diphthongs and consonants kodale. The simple vowels are:

The consonants are,

Swell

  • Map of the Bamum language from the LL- Map project
  • Information on Bamum language in the MultiTree project
  • Claude Ndam
  • Single language
  • Prairie languages
Language family Atlantic languages Benue–Congo languages Grassfields Bantu languages Fanji language Bamali language Bambalang language Bangolan language
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