Feʼfeʼ language

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Communication in fe’efe’e translated to English and French

Feʼfeʼ or commonly Feʼefeʼe, also known as Nufi or Bafang (Template:Langx), 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').

Phonology

Consonants

Allophones are given in brackets.

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	(Template:IPAlink)	Template:IPAlink
Plosive	voiceless	(Template:IPAlink)	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
	voiced	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink
Fricative	voiceless	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	(Template:IPAlink)	Template:IPAlink
	voiced	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlink	(Template:IPAlink)	(Template:IPAlink)
Approximant		(Template:IPAlink)	(Template:IPAlink)	(Template:IPAlink)

Vowels

Vowels

	Front	Mid	Back
High	Template:IPAlink	Template:IPAlinkTemplate:Efn	Template:IPAlink
Mid	Template:IPAlink	(ə)Template:Efn	Template:IPAlink
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Low	Template:IPAlink		Template:IPAlink

Tone

Tone	Low	Raised-Low	Mid	High
Diacritic	à	ẚ	a	á
Example	[pʉà]	[pʉẚ]	[pʉa]	[pʉá]
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).

Writing system

Feʼfeʼ alphabet

Uppercase	A	Ɑ	B	C	D	E	Ə	F	G	Gh	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	Ŋ	O	P	S	Sh	T	U	Ʉ	V	W	Y	Z	Zh	ʼ
Lowercase	a	ɑ	b	c	d	e	ə	f	g	gh	h	i	j	k	l	m	n	ŋ	o	p	s	sh	t	u	ʉ	v	w	y	z	zh	ʼ

External links

• Language Museum
• List of Nufi terms and their German translation
• Résurrection des langues minoritaires
• Alphabet camerounais

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