Aghem (Wum or Yum) is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in the Wum Central Sub-division in Menchum Division of the North West Region of Cameroon.
Phonology
Consonants The consonants of Aghem are shown below. BilabialLabiodentalAlveolarPost- alveolarPalatalLabial–velarVelarGlottalNasalmnɲŋmŋPlosiveunasp.bdkpgbgʔasp.pʰtʰkʰAffricatep̪fb̪vtsdzt̠ʃd̠ʒFricativefvʃʒɣApproximantMedianjwLaterall
Vowels FrontNear-frontNear-backBackCloseiuNear-closeɪʊClose-mideoOpen-midɛɔOpenaɒ Aghem has two tones. High tone and low tone.
References
External links
Miscellaneous Links Aghem language on AFADA USA website Entries for Aghem in inventories of languages and people groups Aghem language entry in Glottolog Aghem language entry in the Ethnologue OLAC (Open Language Archives) resources in and about the Aghem language Linguistic papers on the Aghem language Phonological Reconstruction and the Aghem Central Vowels, by David Thormoset Focus Marking in Aghem: Syntax or Semantics?, by Larry M. Hyman (April 27, 2006, Revised March 12, 2007) Focus in Aghem, by Larry M. Hyman and Maria Polinsky