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(Redirected from Mundang) Mbum language spoken in Chad and Cameroon
Mundang
zah Mundaŋ
Native toChad, Cameroon
Native speakers(400,000 cited 1982–2019)
Language familyNiger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Kabi (Kieziere)
  • Zasing (Torrock-Kaélé, Yasing)
  • Gelama
Language codes
ISO 639-3mua
Glottologmund1325

Mundang is an Mbum language of southern Chad and northern Cameroon, spoken by the Mundang people.

The Gelama dialect of Cameroon may be a separate language.

Distribution

Mundang, spoken in Cameroon by 44,700 speakers (SIL 1982), is mainly spoken in Mayo-Kani department, Far North Region, in the communes of Mindif, Moulvouday, and Kaélé. It is also spoken to a lesser extent in the south of Mayo-Kebi, in the east of Bibemi commune (Bénoué department, Northern Region), towards the Chadian border. Mundang of Lere (in Chad) and Mundang of Cameroon (centered in Lara and Kaélé) are highly similar.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labio-
velar
Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate
voiceless p t t͡ʃ k k͡p ʔ
voiced b d d͡ʒ ɡ ɡ͡b
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ᶮd͡ʒ ᵑɡ ᵑᵐɡ͡b
implosive ɓ ɗ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ h
voiced v z ʒ
Nasal voiced m n ŋ
glottalized ˀm ˀn
Tap ɾ
Lateral l
Glide central j w
glottalized ʔj ʔw
  • /ɓ, ɗ/ may also be heard as laryngealized among speakers.
  • /ʔw/ can also be heard as two laryngealized allophones .
  • Sounds /ɓ, k/ may be heard as fricatives in intervocalic positions.
  • /h, w/ may be heard as palatal when preceding /i/.
  • /ɾ/ can also range to a retroflex among dialects or a trill when geminated.

Vowels

Oral vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ə u
Near-close ɪ ɪː ʊ ʊː
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɛː ɔ ɔː
Open a
  • /ə/ may also range to a close .
Nasal vowels
Front Central Back
Close ĩ ĩː ũː
Near-close ɪ̃ ɪ̃ː ʊ̃ː
Open-mid ɛ̃ː ɔ̃ː
Open ã ãː

Writing System

Mundang Alphabet
Majuscules A B Ɓ C D Ɗ E Ə F G H I J K L M N Ŋ O P R S T U V W Y Z
Minuscules a b ɓ c d ɗ e ə f g h i j k l m n ŋ o p r s t u v w y z

Nasalization is marked by a tilde: ã, ẽ, ə̃, ĩ, õ

References

  1. Mundang at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
  3. Elders, Stefan (2000). Grammaire Mundang. Leiden University.
  4. Elders, Stefan (2006). Issues in comparative Kebi-Benue (Adamawa). In Africana Linguistica 12. pp. 37–88.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Adamawa languages
WajaKam
Leko–Nimbari
Leko
Duru
Mumuye–Yendang
Mumuye
Yendang
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Bikwin–Jen
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See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages


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