Fanji language
The Fanji language, Chuufiè (chufiè), is a Grassfields language and the language of the Bafanji people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.[1][2] There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal morphology, including reduplication involving adjectives.
| Fanji | |
|---|---|
| Bafanji | |
| Chuufiè | |
| Region | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Bafanji |
Native speakers | 17,000 (2008)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bfj |
| Glottolog | bafa1249 |
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| Stop | Plain | p | t | t͡ʃ | c͡ç | k |
| Aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | t͡ʃʰ | c͡çʰ | kʰ | |
| Prenasalised[decimal 1] | mb | nd | nd͡ʒ | ɲɟ | ŋɡ | |
| Fricative | Voiceless | f | s | ʃ | ç | |
| Voiced | z | ɣ | ||||
| Approximant | Central | j | w | |||
| Lateral | l | ʎ | ||||
- The prenasalised stops may also be considered voiced with redundant prenasalisation.
References
- Fanji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Silverman (1995:57)
- Silverman (1995:58)
- Silverman, Daniel (1995), "Optional, conditional, and obligatory prenasalization in Bafanji", Journal of West African Languages, 25: 57–62
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