Kung language (Cameroon)


Kung is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

Consonants

Tatang enumerates 24 plain consonants, 9 prenasalized consonants, 7 labialized consonants, and 6 palatalized consonants, for a total of 46.
LabialAlveolarPost-alveolarPalatalVelarLabial-velarGlottal
Stop
Affricate
Fricative
Nasal
Trill
Approximant

Vowels

Tatang counts 10 vowel phonemes.

Tones

In addition, Kung contrasts six tones--three level tones and three contour tones. Tatang argues that the contour tones are combinations of register tones.