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.

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Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of Aghem are shown below. [2]

Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Post-

alveolar

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 Central j w
Lateral l

Vowels

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

  1. ↑ Aghem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Phoible".

Miscellaneous Links

Entries for Aghem in inventories of languages and people groups

Linguistic papers on the Aghem language


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