CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Duala
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:782
LANGUAGE:Pongo
LOCATION:N Nigeria
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Duala
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:783
LANGUAGE:Limba2
ALTERNATEN:Mulimba
LOCATION:Cameroon
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Duala
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:784
LANGUAGE:Bubi
LOCATION:Equatorial Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bubi-Benga
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:785
LANGUAGE:Noho
LOCATION:Equatorial Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bubi-Benga
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:786
LANGUAGE:Yasa
DIALECT:Kombe
LOCATION:Equatorial Guinea
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bubi-Benga
DICTIONARY:Fernandez, P. L. 1951. Diccionario español-kômbè. Madrid: Instituto de Estudios Africanos.
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ɡ č ɡ̌ f s h v ž m n ñ l r
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f v s ž h
NASALS:m n ñ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
MODIFIEDCO:Nc b d ɡ
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
NOUNNUMBER:s p
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:787
LANGUAGE:Benga
LOCATION:Equatorial Guinea
POPULATION:3,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bubi-Benga
DICTIONARY:
Dictonary of the English and Benga languages. 1879. New York: Mission House.
GRAMMAR:
Nassau, R. H. 1892. Mackey's Grammar of the Benga-Bantu Language. New York: American Tract Society. Pérez, Gaspar and Lorenzo Sorinas. 1928. Gramatica de la lengua benga. Madrid: Editorial del Corazon de Marı́a.
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ɡ ɡ̌ f s h v m n l
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f v s h
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
Nc b bʷ ɡ ɡʷ ɡ̌ cʷ b mb k ŋɡ m
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
DIPHTHONGS:diphthonɡs
STRESS:penult
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:8
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM/(NUM-N) N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:788
LANGUAGE:Lombi
LOCATION:Cameroon
POPULATION:1,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Basaa
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:789
LANGUAGE:Bankon
LOCATION:Cameroon
POPULATION:10,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Basaa
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:790
LANGUAGE:Basaa
LOCATION:Cameroon
POPULATION:300,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Basaa
DICTIONARY:Lemb, Pierre and François de Gastines. 1973. Dictionnaire basaà-français. Douala: Collège Libermann.
TEXTBOOKS:Koki Ndombo, P., Pierre Lemb and François de Gastines. 1971. Le basaà par la grammaire. Douala: Collège Libermann.
CONSONANTS:
p t k b ɓ d ɡ č ɡ̌ (f) s h m n ŋ l
STOPS:p b ɓ t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:č ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:(f) s h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
cj h n cʷ k ɡ ŋɡ ŋ Nc b d ɡ ɡʷ ɡ̌
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C)
TONES:hi mid lo ris fall
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:18
DEMONSTRAT:2 + ref
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG DN N-NUM N-POSS
NUMBER:791
LANGUAGE:Tunen
ALTERNATEN:Banen
LOCATION:SW Cameroon
POPULATION:35,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Basaa
DICTIONARY:Dugast, Idelettle. 1967. Lexique de la langue tunɛn. Paris: Klincksieck.
GRAMMAR:Dugast, Idelette. 1971. Grammaire du tùnɛn. Paris: Klincksieck.
CONSONANTS:
(p) t k (ʔ) b mb nd ŋɡ ñɡ̌ f s ç x h m n ñ ŋ l (r)
STOPS:(p) b mb t nd k ŋɡ (ʔ)
AFFRICATES:ñɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s ç x h
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:(r)
MODIFIEDCO:Nc b d ɡ ɡ̌
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:ǝ a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
DIPHTHONGS:diphthonɡs
TONES:hi lo (ris) (fall)
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:10
DEMONSTRAT:2 + ref
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SOV NA NG DN N-NUM POSS-N
PREPPOST:PREP/(POST)
NUMBER:792
LANGUAGE:Nyo'o
LOCATION:Cameroon
POPULATION:3,500
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Basaa
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:793
LANGUAGE:Mande
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Basaa
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:794
LANGUAGE:Fa'
LOCATION:Cameroon
POPULATION:4,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bafia
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:795
LANGUAGE:Mbong
LOCATION:Cameroon
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bafia
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:796
LANGUAGE:Kpa
ALTERNATEN:Bafia
LOCATION:SW Cameroon
POPULATION:23,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bafia
TEXTBOOKS:Guarisma, Gladys. 1967. "Esquisse phonologique du bafia," BSELAF 1.
OTHERSOURC:
Guarisma, Gladys. 1973. Le nom en bafia. Paris: SELAF. Guarisma, Gladys. 1980. "Les voyelles centrales en bafia et dans d'autres parlers du groupe A50," EXB 2, 447-53.
CONSONANTS:
p t c k kp ʔ b ɓ d ɗ ɟ ɡ (ɡb) f s v z ɣ m n ñ ŋ l r
STOPS:p b ɓ t d ɗ c ɟ k ɡ kp (ɡb) ʔ
FRICATIVES:f v s z ɣ
NASALS:m n ñ ŋ
LATERALS:l
VIBRANTS:r
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u ɯ o ɤ ɔ ʌ ɑ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all but ɑ
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
SYLLABLE:(C)V(C) Nˈ
TONES:hi mid lo ris fall downdrift
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:6 (6 pl)
DEMONSTRAT:2 + ref
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:797
LANGUAGE:Djanti
LOCATION:Cameroon
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Bafia
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:798
LANGUAGE:Ki
ALTERNATEN:Tuki
LOCATION:Cameroon
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Sanaga
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:799
LANGUAGE:Yambasa
LOCATION:Cameroon
POPULATION:27,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Sanaga
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:800
LANGUAGE:Eton
LOCATION:Cameroon
POPULATION:112,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone A: Ewondo