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List Of Musical Instruments Of Cameroon
This article is a list of traditional musical instruments in Cameroon, based primarily on the research of Roger Blench (2009). Idiophones Idiophones of Cameroon include percussion instruments, untuned idiophones, tuned idiophones (xylophones), concussion instruments, and other instruments. Percussion * Slit gongs: historically used for long-distance communication, and often mimic tones in languages. Common throughout much of Africa, the tropical Americas, and Oceania. Called ''egyʉ̂k'' in Ejagham, and also played by the Oroko people and by Tunen speakers. Untuned idiophones *Struck plaques **Lithophones: played by the Mofu of northern Cameroon, and also in Central Nigeria and throughout the world. Women of the Noni and other nearby ethnic groups in Bui Division play flat lithophones. The Noni lithophone consists of a ''ncéw'' (large flat stone) struck by a pair of ''ncùy'' (smaller stones). **Struck iron plaque: a pair of sticks is used to strike a triangular plaque ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwasio Language
The Kwasio language, also known as Ngumba / Mvumbo, Bujeba, and Gyele / Kola, is a language of Cameroon, spoken in the south along the coast and at the border with Equatorial Guinea by some 70,000 members of the Ngumba, Kwasio, Gyele and Mabi peoples. Many authors view Kwasio and the Gyele/Kola language as distinct. In the Ethnologue, the languages therefore receive different codes: Kwasio has the ISO 639-3 code ''nmg'', while Gyele has the code ''gyi.'' The Kwasio, Ngumba, and Mabi are village farmers; the Gyele (also known as the Kola or Koya) are nomadic Pygmy hunter-gatherers living in the rain forest. Dialects Dialects are Kwasio (also known as Kwassio, Bisio), Mvumbo (also known as Ngumba, Ngoumba, Mgoumba, Mekuk), and Mabi (Mabea). The Gyele speak the subdialects of Mvumbo and Gyele in the north ''Giele, Gieli, Gyeli, Bagiele, Bagyele (Bagyɛlɛ), Bagielli,Blench, RogerBagyɛlɛ mammal names/ref> Bajele, Bajeli, Bogyel, Bogyeli, Bondjiel''. In the south, the Gyele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mankon Language
Mankon is a Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon. It is closely related to Mundum and Mendankwe-Nkwen. Along with Mundum, it is called '' Ngemba''. There are several distinct dialects: Mankunge (Ngemba), Nsongwa (Songwa, Bangwa), Shomba (Chomba, Bamechom), Mbutu (Bambutu), Njong (Banjong), Bagangu (Akum) and Alatening. Culture File:Ngemba Culture 1.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 2.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 3.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 5.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 4.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 6.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 7.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 8.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 9.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 10.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 11.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 12.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 13.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 14.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 15.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 16.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 17.jpg File:Ngemba Culture 18.jpg References External links * Description of Mankon marriage procedure archived with Kaipuleohone Kaipuleohone is a digital ethnographic archive that houses audio and visual fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamba Language
Yamba is a Grassfields language of the Northwest region of southern Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ..., with a small number of speakers in Eastern Nigeria. Mbem village has the largest population of Yamba speakers in the region. References Languages of Cameroon Nkambe languages {{gras-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamun Language
Bamum (Shü Pamom "language of the Bamum", or ''Shümom'' "Mum language"), also spelled Bamun or in its French spelling Bamoun, is an Eastern Grassfields language of Cameroon, with approximately 420,000 speakers. The language is well known for its original script developed by King Njoya and his palace circle in the Kingdom of Bamum around 1895. Cameroonian musician Claude Ndam was a native speaker of the language and sang it in his music. Phonology Bamum has tone, vowel length, diphthongs and coda Coda or CODA may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * Movie coda, a post-credits scene * ''Coda'' (1987 film), an Australian horror film about a serial killer, made for television *''Coda'', a 2017 American experimental film from Na ... consonants. Vowels The simple vowels are: Bamum vowels can be normal or half-long /ˑ/. Consonants The consonants are: Tones Bamum has five tonesNchare (2012). References Languages of Cameroon Languages of Niger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngiemboon Language
The Ngiemboon (N'Jhamboon) language, ''Ngyɛmbɔɔŋ'', is one of a dozen Bamileke languages spoken in Cameroon. Its speakers are located primarily within the department of Bamboutos Bamboutos is a Departments of Cameroon, department of West Region (Cameroon), West Region in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 1,173 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 292,410. The capital of the department lies at Mbouda. ... in the West Region of Cameroon. Dialects are Batcham (Basham), Balatchi (Balaki) and Bamoungong (Bamongoun). Alphabet Phonology The consonants are: The vowels are /a/, /ɔ/, /ε/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/. Ngiemboon is a tonal language, and uses the high tone /˦/, the low tone /˨/, the falling tone /˥˩/, and the rising tone /˩˥/. References External linksDatabase of audio recordings in Ngiemboon - basic Catholic prayers Languages of Cameroon Bamileke languages {{gras-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tikar Language
Tikar (also called Tigé, Tigré or Tikari) is a Northern Bantoid, semi-Bantu language that is spoken in Cameroon by the Tikar people, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies, who speak their own dialect of the language''.'' A recent hypothesis by Roger Blench Roger Marsh Blench (born August 1, 1953) is a British linguist, ethnomusicologist and development anthropologist. He has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge and is based in Cambridge, England. He researches, publishes, and wor ... suggests that the Tikar language could be a divergent language in the Niger-Congo language family with an uncertain origin. Classification The little evidence available suggests that it is most closely related to the Mambiloid and Dakoid languages. Dialects The Tikar language has four dialects, including ''Tikari'', ''Tigé'', and ''Túmú''. References Northern Bantoid languages Languages of Cameroon African Pygmies Tikar people {{BenueCongo-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tortoise
Tortoises () are reptiles of the family Testudinidae of the order Testudines (Latin: ''tortoise''). Like other turtles, tortoises have a shell to protect from predation and other threats. The shell in tortoises is generally hard, and like other members of the suborder Cryptodira, they retract their necks and heads directly backward into the shell to protect them. Tortoises can vary in size with some species, such as the Galápagos giant tortoise, growing to more than in length, whereas others like the Speckled cape tortoise have shells that measure only long. Several lineages of tortoises have independently evolved very large body sizes in excess of 100 kg, including the Galapagos giant tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise. They are usually diurnal animals with tendencies to be crepuscular depending on the ambient temperatures. They are generally reclusive animals. Tortoises are the longest-living land animals in the world, although the longest-living specie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinixys Belliana
Bell's hinge-back tortoise (''Kinixys belliana''), also known commonly as Bell's eastern hinged tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to central Africa. It has the hinge that characterizes all tortoises in the genus ''Kinixys''. There are no recognized subspecies. Etymology Both the specific name, ''belliana'', and the common name are in honor of English zoologist Thomas Bell. Description Bell's hinge-back tortoise is a medium-sized light brown tortoise. They can grow up to 22 cm. On the back of its shell, the tortoise has a 90 degree hinge which, when closed, can protect its rear legs and tail from predators. This broad band of flexible connective tissue is located between the 4th and 5th costals and the 7th and 8th peripherals in adults. The scutes on its slightly domed and elongated shell typically have a radiating pattern of dark patches, though these can fade. Adult males have a concave belly. Most Bell's hinge-backs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagwan Language
Lagwan (Logone) is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic .... Dialects include Logone-Birni and Logone-Gana. Lagwan is spoken in the northern part of Logone-Birni, from the banks of the Logone River to the Nigerian border ( Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region). It is also spoken in Chad and Nigeria. It has 38,500 speakers in Cameroon. Phonology As is common in Chadic languages, the principal vowel is the low central vowel /a/; where there is no underlying V-slot, an epenthetic ‘zero vowel’ is inserted. Despite the limited distribution of the other vowels, /i, u, e, o/ have emerging phonological status. However, as has been observed in other Chadic languages, certain contrasts are produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabash
Calabash (; ''Lagenaria siceraria''), also known as bottle gourd, white-flowered gourd, long melon, birdhouse gourd, New Guinea bean, Tasmania bean, and opo squash, is a vine grown for its fruit. It can be either harvested young to be consumed as a vegetable, or harvested mature to be dried and used as a utensil, container, or a musical instrument. When it is fresh, the fruit has a light green smooth skin and white flesh. Calabash fruits have a variety of shapes: they can be huge and rounded, small and bottle-shaped, or slim and serpentine, and they can grow to be over a metre long. Rounder varieties are typically called calabash gourds. The gourd was one of the world's first cultivated plants grown not primarily for food, but for use as containers. The bottle gourd may have been carried from Asia to Africa, Europe, and the Americas in the course of human migration, or by seeds floating across the oceans inside the gourd. It has been proven to have been globally domesticated (an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
