| Munka | |
| Also Known As: | Bamunka |
| Nativename: | Ŋgieməkɔʼkə |
| States: | Cameroon |
| Speakers: | 31,000 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Grassfields |
| Fam6: | Ring |
| Fam7: | South |
| Iso3: | bvm |
| Glotto: | bamu1256 |
| Glottorefname: | Bamunka |
The Bamunka language, Ŋgieməkɔʼkə pronounced as /bvm/,[1] is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate | Voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Fricative | Voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Front | Central | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mid-close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Mid-open | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
In addition, Munka has five phonemic tones: three level tones (high, mid, and low) and two contour tones (rising, and falling).
Ngeloh Takwe proposed this orthography in her post-graduate diploma dissertation in 2002.[2]
| Letters | a | b | c | d | e | ɛ | ə | f | gh | g | h | ɨ | j | k | kp | l | m | n | ny | ŋ | o | ɔ | s | sh | t | u | v | w | y | zh | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |