Aghem

Atlantic-Congo (Bantu, Grassfields, Ring)

Rumpun bahasaAtlantic-Congo (Bantu, Grassfields, Ring) Penutur~30K AksaraLatin (with grave/circumflex tone diacritics + apostrophe ' for glottal stop) NegaraCameroon (Northwest Region — Wum and Menchum subdivision) Bahasa resmiNo (English/French are official Cameroon; Aghem is recognized indigenous) Vitalitasvulnerable ISO 639-3agq

Aghem (also Wum) is a Grassfields Bantu language of the Ring branch, spoken in the Wum area of Cameroon's Northwest Region. Linguistically influential out of proportion to its size: Larry Hyman's extensive work on Aghem (especially the 1979 monograph "Aghem Grammatical Structure") established it as a key reference language for tone, focus marking, and noun-class systems in African linguistics. Notable for an unusual two-tier focus system marked by post-verbal vs. in-situ subject placement, and a tone system with floating tones and downstep.

Tempat dituturkan

20 kata inti dalam Aghem

Air

mê'

/meʔ/

Api

ìmáa'

/imáaʔ/

Matahari

kû'

/kuʔ/

Bulan

nâa'

/naːʔ/

Ibu

/mo/

Ayah

/ta/

Makan

nîa

/nia/

Minum

nyâa

/ɲaː/

Cinta

nkòŋ

/ŋkoŋ/

Hati

mwâ

/mwa/

Pohon

kpa'

/kpaʔ/

Rumah

ndô

/ndo/

Anjing

mbî

/mbi/

Kucing

/ɡo/

Tangan

kwô'

/kwoʔ/

Mata

dyiá

/djia/

Halo

kâa'

/kaːʔ/

Terima kasih

ŋyaa'

/ŋjaːʔ/

Satu

/mo/

Baik

mwâ'

/mwaʔ/

Sumber

Perbandingan kata

Dibandingkan dengan bahasa Atlantic-Congo (Bantu, Grassfields, Ring) terkait

Arti AghemBahasa Meta'bahasa EwondoBahasa Kaondebahasa BuluBahasa Lingalabahasa Kongo
Air mê' /meʔ/ /mə/ medzim /medzim/ mema /mema/ medim /medim/ máí /mai/ maza /maza/
Api ìmáa' /imáaʔ/ mɔŋ /mɔŋ/ ndoa /ndoa/ mujilo /mudʒilo/ ndoa /ndoa/ mɔ́tɔ /mɔtɔ/ tiya /tija/
Matahari kû' /kuʔ/ nyam /ɲam/ dzōb /dʒoːb/ juba /dʒuba/ zobé /zobe/ mói /moi/ ntangu /ntaŋɡu/
Bulan nâa' /naːʔ/ nuŋ /nuŋ/ ngɔn /ŋɡɔn/ ñondo /ɲondo/ ngon /ŋɡon/ sánzá /sanza/ ngonda /ŋɡonda/
Ibu /mo/ ma /ma/ nyia /ɲia/ bama /bama/ nyia /ɲia/ mamá /mama/ mama /mama/
Ayah /ta/ ta /ta/ tara /taɾa/ batata /batata/ tata /tata/ tatá /tata/ tata /tata/
Makan nîa /nia/ /me/ di /di/ kuja /kudʒa/ dzia /dʒia/ kolía /kolia/ ku dia /ku dja/
Minum nyâa /ɲaː/ nyo /ɲo/ nyu /ɲu/ kutoma /kutoma/ nyu /ɲu/ komɛ́la /komɛla/ ku nua /ku nua/
Halaman 1/3

Bagian dari LangMap — proyek visualisasi linguistik. Ini ringkasan statis yang dapat dirayapi; peta interaktif menyediakan audio pelafalan, filter, dan tampilan globe.