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Number: 269

Language: Chamba

Alternate Name: Samba Leko

Location: E Nigeria

Population: 50,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Adamawa-Ubangian: Adamawa: Chamba

Other Sources:

STAL
WALS

Consonant system:

   p t k kp
b d ɡ ɡb
    č
    ɡ̌
f s
v z
m n ñ ŋ
    l
    r

Stops: p b t d k ɡ kp ɡb

Affricates: č ɡ̌

Fricatives: f v s z

Nasals: m n ñ ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
ɛ ǝ ɔ
a

Front Vowels: i ɛ

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: u ɔ

Long Vowels: ī ē ɛ̄ ǝ̄ ā ū ō ɔ̄

Tones: hi mid lo ris fall

Syntax: SVO

Number: 276

Language: Doyãyo

Location: N Cameroon

Population: 15,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Adamawa-Ubangian: Adamawa: Duru

Other Sources:

Weiring, Elizabeth. 1974. "The Indicative Verb in Doowaayããyo," Linguistics 124, 33-55.
WALS

Consonant system:

   p t k kp
b ɓ d ɗ ɡ ɡb
f s h
v z
m n ŋ
    l
    r

Stops: p b ɓ t d ɗ k ɡ kp ɡb

Fricatives: f v s z h

Nasals: m n ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: r

Glides: j w

Vowel system:

i u
e o
ɛ ɔ
a

Front Vowels: i e ɛ

Central Vowels: a

Back Vowels: u o ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ all

Nasal Vowels:

ṽ all but e o
v̄ all but e o

Syllable: (C)V(C)(C)

Tones: hi hi-mid lo-mid lo

Syntax: SVO

Number: 278

Language: Duru

Dialect: Mbe

Location: N Cameroon

Population: 40,000

Classification: Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: North Central: Adamawa-Ubangian: Adamawa: Duru

Dictionary: Bohnhoff, Lee E. 1972. Duru Dictionary. Ms.

Grammar: Bohnhoff, Lee E. 1971. Introduction à la phonologie et à la grammaire duru. Yaoundé: Section de Linguistique Appliquée, Univ Fédérale du Cameroon.

TextBooks: Bohnhoff, Lee E. and Kadia Matthieu. 1972. Cours de langue duru. Ms.

Other Sources: Bohnhoff, Lee E. 1976. Vowel Length in Duru. Toronto: Univ of Toronto Diss.

Consonant system:

p t k kp ʔ
b ɓ d ɗ ɡ ɡb
f s h
v z ɣ
m ^ʔm n ^ʔn ŋ
l
v̊ ɾ
v̊ is a labiodental flap.

Stops: p b ɓ t d ɗ k ɡ kp ɡb ʔ

Fricatives: f v s z ɣ h

Nasals: m ^ʔm n ^ʔn ŋ

Laterals: l

Vibrants: v̊ ɾ

Modified Consonants:

c̄ b d ɡ ʔ m n ŋ l j w
^Nc b d ɡ ɡb z

Glides: j ^ʔj w ^ʔw

Vowel system:

i u
I ʋ
e ǝ o
ɛ ɔ
a

Front Vowels: i I e ɛ

Central Vowels: ǝ a

Back Vowels: u ʋ o ɔ

Long Vowels: v̄ all v̄̄ (overlonɡ)

Nasal Vowels:

ṽ all but ɛ ʋ ɔ
v̄̃ all but ɛ ʋ ɔ

Syllable: (C)V(C) Nˈ

Tones: hi mid lo

Stress: non-phonemic

Noun Classes: 4

Demonstratives: 3 + ref (general) "that previously mentioned" & ref (recent) "that just mentioned"

Pronouns:

1 4di 4ie
2 5
3 6 + indef (= 4di & 6 in various contexts)
politeness: polite/intimate: 2 3

Syntax: SVO NA NG/(GN [some kinship terms]) ND N-NUM N-POSS N+A+D+Num

Prep/Post: PREP/POST

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