Fefe (also Bafang , Bamileke-Fefe , Fifi , Fe-Fef-e , Fe-Fe , Photouni , Nufi ) [1] [6] [7] - one of the Niger-Congolese languages. According to various sources, 140 thousand people speak a feaf. [1] ; 123.7 thousand people people [3] ; 124 thousand people [6] in the west of Cameroon [1] [2] [4] .
| Fefe | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Cameroon [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
| Regions | Cameroon west [1] [2] [5] [6] |
| Total number of speakers | according to various sources, 140 thousand people. [1] ; 123.7 thousand people [3] ; 124 thousand people [6] [8] |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Nigerian-Congolese Languages
| |
| Writing | Latin [1] [7] |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | nic |
| ISO 639-3 | fmp [1] [2] [6] |
| WALS | |
| Ethnologue | |
| Linguasphere | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
Dialects
Fefe has several dialects: ka, fa (aka bafang), la-fi (aka balafi), mkvet (aka fonjomekvet), neither (aka bana), ngam (aka banana), nji-poantha (banja) -babountou), nka (bank), ntii (aka fondanti), tungi (photouni) [1] [6] [7] .
Phonology
Consonants fefe: p, b, m, f, v, t, d, n, s, z, l, ʃ, ʒ, k, g, ŋ, ɣ, j, ʔ, h, d̠ʒ, t̠ʃ, w. [five]
Vowels fefe: i, iː, e, eː, a, aː, u, uː, o, oː, ɑ, ɑḗː, ə, əː, ʉ, ʉː [5] .
Fefe tones: high, low, medium, ascending, descending [5] .
Writing
The writing of the fefe language is based on a Latin graphic basis and has the following form [9] :
| Uppercase | A | Ɑ | B | C | D | E | Ə | F | G | Gh | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | Ŋ | O | Ɔ | 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 | ɔ | p | s | sh | t | u | ʉ | v | w | y | z | zh | ʼ |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fefe at Etnologue
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Fefe at Wals info
- ↑ 1 2 3 Fefe at the Language Museum
- ↑ 1 2 Fefe at Glottolog
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Fefe at Phoible
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fefe on Verbix
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Fefe at Scriptsource
- ↑ 1 2 Fefe at Christusrex
- ↑ Alphabets of Africa