Mundabli | |
Also Known As: | Ji |
States: | Cameroon |
Speakers: | 500 |
Date: | 2011 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam5: | Western Beboid (geographic) |
Fam6: | Mundabli - Buu |
Dia1: | Mundabli |
Dia2: | Mufu |
Iso3: | boe |
Glotto: | mund1328 |
Glottorefname: | Mundabli |
Mundabli is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is traditionally classified as a Western Beboid language, but that has not been demonstrated to be a valid family.
"Mundabli" is a village name. The language is spoken in the villages of Mundabli and Mufu. The neighboring village of Buu speaks a distinct language.
Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | ||||
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Plain | Labial | ||||||
Nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Plosive | voiceless | t̪ | k | ||||
voiced | b | d̪ | g | ||||
Affricate | voiceless | t̪s̪ | tʃ | kp | |||
voiced | d̪z̪ | dʒ | gb | ||||
Fricative | f | s̪ | ʃ | ||||
Approximant | l̪ | j | ɥ | w |
Front | Central | Back | ||||
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Plain | Lowered | Lowered | Plain | |||
Close | i | ɪ | ɨ | ʊ | u | |
Close-mid | e | ə | o | |||
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
Open | a | ɒ |