| Feʼfeʼ | |
| Also Known As: | Nufi, Fotouni, Bafang[1] |
| Nativename: | Fèʼéfěʼè |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Region: | Haut-Nkam (Upper Nkam) |
| Ethnicity: | Bamileke Feʼefeʼe |
| Speakers: | c. 140,000 |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Volta-Congo |
| Fam4: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam5: | Bantoid |
| Fam6: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam7: | Grassfields |
| Fam8: | Eastern Grassfields |
| Fam9: | Mbam-Nkam |
| Fam10: | Bamileke |
| Script: | Latin |
| Iso3: | fmp |
| Glotto: | fefe1239 |
| Glottorefname: | Feʼfeʼ |
Feʼfeʼ or commonly Feʼefeʼe, also known as Nufi or Bafang (Nufi), is a Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, around the town of Bafang. It was one of the four languages selected for option at the Collège Libermann at Douala (along with Duala, Basaa and Ghɔmálá').[2]
| + Feʼfeʼ alphabet | Uppercase | D | Gh | L | P | Ʉ | Zh | ʼ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowercase | a | ɑ | b | c | d | e | ə | f | g | gh | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | ŋ | o | p | s | sh | t | u | ʉ | v | w | y | z | zh | ʼ |
Allophones are given in brackets.
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | (pronounced as /ink/) | |||
| Approximant | (pronounced as /ink/) | (pronounced as /ink/) | (pronounced as /ink/) | ||||
| High | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | (ə) | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| (pronounced as /ink/) | (pronounced as /ink/) | |||
| Low | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
| Diacritic | à | ẚ | a | á | |
| Example | [pʉà] | [pʉẚ] | [pʉa] | [pʉá] | |
| Translation | bag | to bend over | to go crazy | two (2) |