Aghem language
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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
Consonants
The consonants of Aghem are shown below.
| 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 | Median | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Lateral | l |
Vowels
Aghem has two tones. High tone and low tone.
External links
Miscellaneous Links
Entries for Aghem in inventories of languages and people groups
Linguistic papers on the Aghem language
- , by David Thormoset
- , by Larry M. Hyman (April 27, 2006, Revised March 12, 2007)
- , by Larry M. Hyman and Maria Polinsky