Mfumte language should not be confused with Mbembe language.
| Mfumte | |
| Region: | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity: | Mfumte |
| Speakers: | 24,700 Mfumte dialect |
| Date: | 1982 |
| Speakers2: | 6,000 Kwaja and Ndaktup (2000), unknown number Fum |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Grassfields |
| Fam6: | Eastern |
| Fam7: | Nkambe |
| Lc1: | nfu |
| Ld1: | Mfumte |
| Lc2: | fum |
| Ld2: | Fum |
| Lc3: | kdz |
| Ld3: | Kwaja (East Mfumte) |
| Glotto: | mfum1239 |
| Glottoname: | Mfumteic |
| Glotto2: | fumm1238 |
| Glottoname2: | Fum |
Mfumte (Nfumte) is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon. It is not clear if the four varieties spoken by ethnic Mfumte—Ndaktup, Kwaja, Fum and Mfumte proper—are mutually intelligible or distinct languages; ability to communicate may be either due to inherent intelligibility or to bilingualism, while Fum and Mfumte may simply be the Nigerian and Cameroonian names for the same language.
The Mfumte alphabet has 40 letters, with 30 consonants and 10 vowels.[1]
| Capital | Lowercase | IPA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoneme | Allophones | |||
| A | a | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| B | b | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ch | ch | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| D | d | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Dz | dz | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| E | e | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ə | ə | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| F | f | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| G | g | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Gb | gb | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Gh | gh | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| H | h | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| ’ | ’ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| I | i | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ɨ | ɨ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| J | j | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| K | k | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Kp | kp | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| L | l | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| M | m | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| N | n | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ny | ny | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ŋ | ŋ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| O | o | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ɔ | ɔ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ø | ø | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| P | p | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| R | r | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| S | s | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Sh | sh | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| T | t | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ts | ts | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| U | u | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ʉ | ʉ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| V | v | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| W | w | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Wy | wy | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Y | y | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Z | z | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Zh | zh | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
In addition to the single phonemes, Mfumte has prenasalized, palatalized, labio-palatalized, labialized, and velarized consonants.
| Capital | Lowercase | IPA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mp | mp | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mb | mb | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nt | nt | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nd | nd | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nk | nk | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ng | ng | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nkp | nkp | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ngb | ngb | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nts | nts | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ndz | ndz | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nj | nj | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mf | mf | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mv | mv | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ns | ns | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nsh | nsh | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ngh | ngh | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nh | nh | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Py | py | pronounced as /link/ | |
| By | by | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ky | ky | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Gy | gy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Hy | hy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mpy | mpy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mby | mby | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nky | nky | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ngy | ngy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mfy | mfy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nghy | nghy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nhy | nhy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Hwy | hwy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nhwy | nhwy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nghwy | nghwy | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Pw | pw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Kw | kw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Gw | gw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Fw | fw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Hw | hw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nyw | nyw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nw | nw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nkw | nkw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Ngw | ngw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nghw | nghw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Nhw | nhw | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Bw | bw | pronounced as //bᶭ// | |
| Mbw | mbw | pronounced as /link/ |