Aghem (Wum or Yum) is a
Grassfields Bantu language
The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon and some parts of Taraba state, Nigeria. Better known Grassfields languages include the Easter ...
spoken in the
Wum Central Sub-division in
Menchum Division of the North West Region of
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
.
Phonology
Consonants
The consonants of Aghem are shown below.
Vowels
Aghem has two tones. High tone and low tone.
References
External links
Miscellaneous Links
Aghem language on AFADA USA websiteEntries for Aghem in inventories of languages and people groups
Aghem language entry in GlottologAghem language entry in the EthnologueOLAC (Open Language Archives) resources in and about the Aghem languageLinguistic 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
Ring languages
Languages of Cameroon
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