Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon
Communication in fe’efe’e translated to English and French
Feʼfeʼ or commonly Feʼefeʼe , also known as Nufi or Bafang (Fe'fe' : Nufi ), is a Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon , around the town of Bafang . It was one of the four languages selected for option at the Collège Libermann at Douala (along with Duala , Basaa and Ghɔmálá' ).
Writing system
Phonology
Consonants
Allophones are given in brackets.
Vowels
Vowels
Front
Mid
Back
High
i
ɨ
u
Mid
e
(ə)
o
(ɛ )
(ɔ )
Low
a
ɑ
Hyman (1972) uses /ɯ /, represented by ⟨ʉ⟩.
Hyman (1972) uses /ɤ /.
Tone
Tone
Low
Raised-Low
Mid
High
Diacritic
à
ẚ
a
á
Example
Translation
bag
to bend over
to go crazy
two (2)
The language has a complex tone system, carefully described, along with other aspects of the phonology and morphology, in Hyman (1972).
References
OLAC resources in and about the Feʼfeʼ language . Open Language Archives.
Feʼfeʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Renaud, Patrick (1979). "Le Français au Cameroun". In Valdman, A. (ed.). Le Français hors de France . Paris: Editions Honoré Champion.
^ Hyman, Larry (1972). A Phonological Study of Feʼfeʼ-Bamileke (PDF) (PhD thesis). Los Angeles: University of California.
^ Hyman 1972 , p. 32.
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