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Aghem language
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| Aghem | |
|---|---|
| Wum | |
| Yum | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Menchum |
Native speakers | (27,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | agq |
| Glottolog | aghe1239 |
Aghem (Wum or Yum) is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in the Wum Central Sub-division in Menchum Division of the North West Region of Cameroon.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]The consonants of Aghem are shown below.[2]
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Post- | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋm | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | unasp. | b | d | kp | gb | g | ʔ | ||||||||||
| asp. | pʰ | tʰ | kʰ | ||||||||||||||
| Affricate | p̪f | b̪v | ts | dz | t̠ʃ | d̠ʒ | |||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | ʃ | ʒ | ɣ | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | Median | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | ||||||||||||||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Near-front | Near-back | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||
| Open | a | ɒ |
Aghem has two tones. High tone and low tone.
References
[edit]- ^ Aghem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Phoible".
External links
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Miscellaneous Links
Entries for Aghem in inventories of languages and people groups
- Aghem language entry in Glottolog
- Aghem language entry in the Ethnologue
- OLAC (Open Language Archives) resources in and about the Aghem language
Linguistic papers on the Aghem language
- Phonological Reconstruction and the Aghem Central Vowels, by David Thormoset
- Focus Marking in Aghem: Syntax or Semantics?, by Larry M. Hyman (April 27, 2006, Revised March 12, 2007)
- Focus in Aghem, by Larry M. Hyman and Maria Polinsky
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