Kemezung language

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Kemezung (Dumbo, Dumbu, Dzumbo, Kumaju) is a Southern Bantoid (Eastern Beboid) language of Cameroon. According to Ethnologue, it's 85% lexically similar to Bebe.[1]

Consonants

Kemezung has 19 "unmodified" consonants.[2] Cox also claims Kemezung has labialized, palatalized, and prenasalized consonants but does not list all of them.[3]

Labial Coronal Palatal Velar Labial–velar Glottalic
Plosive voiceless Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink
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Affricate voiceless Template:IPAlinkTemplate:Efn
voiced Template:IPAlinkTemplate:Efn
Fricative Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlinkTemplate:Efn Template:IPAlink
Nasal Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink
Approximant Template:IPAlinkTemplate:Efn Template:IPAlinkTemplate:Efn Template:IPAlink

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Vowels

Kemezung has 9 phonemic vowels.[4]

Front Central Back
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Open Template:IPAlink

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Tone

Kemezung also has 7 (or possibly 8) tones.[5] There are three level tones (high, mid, and low), three falling tones (high-low, mid-low, and long mid-low), and one or two rising tones (low-mid and possibly mid-high).

Notes

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