Fanji language

Fanji
Bafanji
Chuufi
Region Cameroon
Ethnicity Bafanji
Native speakers
17,000 (2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bfj
Glottolog bafa1249[2]

The Fanji language, Chuufi (Nchufie), is the language of the Bafanji people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.[1][3] There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal morphology, including reduplication involving adjectives.

Sounds

Bafunji consonants[4]
Labial Alveolar Post-
alveolar
Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Stop plain p t t͡ʃ c͡ç k
aspirated t͡ʃʰ c͡çʰ
prenasalized[decimal 1] mb nd nd͡ʒ ɲɟ ŋɡ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ ç
voiced z ɣ
Approximant central j w
lateral l ʎ
  1. The prenasalized stops may also be considered voiced with redundant prenasalization.

References

  1. 1 2 Fanji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bafanji". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Silverman (1995:57)
  4. Silverman (1995:58)


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