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 LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velarGlottalPlosive/AffricatevoicelessvoicedprenasalimplosiveFricativevoicelessvoicedNasalvoicedglottalizedTapLateralGlidecentralglottalized
may also be heard as laryngealized among speakers. can also be heard as two laryngealized allophones . Sounds may be heard as fricatives in intervocalic positions. may be heard as palatal when preceding . can also range to a retroflex among dialects or a trill when geminated.
Vowels +Oral vowelsFrontCentralBackClose Near-close Close-mid Open-mid Open
may also range to a close .
+Nasal vowelsFrontCentralBackClose Near-close Open-midOpen 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
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