Southern Mfumte
Southern Mfumte is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.
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Mfumte (Nfumte) 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.
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Words in Southern Mfumte
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | bwǿ | |
| person | Nwi* | |
| name | li* | |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | kyEc3* | |
| nose | mbomfis3* | |
| tooth | so* | |
| tongue | lE* | |
| hand | bok* | |
| blood | lE* | |
| bone | wu* | |
| skin | go7* | |
| knee | toNpf3l3* | |
| breast | bi* | |
| liver | mbi* | |
| water | ndʉ́' | |
| fire | mE7* | |
| sun | nwi* | |
| star | NkoNko* | |
| stone | yu* | |
| mountain | d3* | |
| tree | t3* | |
| leaf | f3* | |
| night | zi* | |
| dog | v3* | |
| fish | Nga* | |
| louse | 8wE* | |
| one | mEs3* | |
| two | bw3* | |
| drink | my3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Kwaja-NdaktupAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- BafutAtlantic-Congo21% alike
- Bambili-BambuiAtlantic-Congo20% alike
- BebaAtlantic-Congo19% alike
- Nsiteu-Kwa'Atlantic-Congo18% alike
- LimbumAtlantic-Congo18% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mfum1238 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · nfu