Mfumte language


Mfumte 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.

Orthography

The Mfumte alphabet has 40 letters, with 30 consonants and 10 vowels.

Alphabet

Multigraphs

In addition to the single phonemes, Mfumte has prenasalized, palatalized, labio-palatalized, labialized, and velarized consonants.
CapitalLowercaseIPA
Mpmp
Mbmb
Ntnt
Ndnd
Nknk
Ngng
Nkpnkp
Ngbngb
Ntsnts
Ndzndz
Njnj
Mfmf
Mvmv
Nsns
Nshnsh
Nghngh
Nhnh
Pypy
Byby
Kyky
Gygy
Hyhy
Mpympy
Mbymby
Nkynky
Ngyngy
Mfymfy
Nghynghy
Nhynhy
Hwyhwy
Nhwynhwy
Nghwynghwy
Pwpw
Kwkw
Gwgw
Fwfw
Hwhw
Nywnyw
Nwnw
Nkwnkw
Ngwngw
Nghwnghw
Nhwnhw
Bwbw
Mbwmbw