Ki language


The Ki language, Tuki, is a Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon. It is spoken by 26,000 people in the Central Province of Cameroon, in the Lekie division and in the Mbam and Kim division, along the Sanaga river.
The dialects are Kombe, Cenga, Tsinga, Bundum, Njo, Ngoro, Mbere and possibly Leti/Mengisa and Mbwasa.

Phonology

Tuki distinguishes six phonetic vowels. It distinguishes between long and short vowels.
FrontBack
Closeiu
Close-mideo
Open-midɔ
Opena

The consonants are as follows.

Grammar

As in most Bantu languages, the noun consists of a class prefix and a stem. Verbs are conjugated for the noun class of the subject and object. The primary word order is Subject–verb–object [word order|SVO].