Aghem

Atlantic-Congo (Bantu, Grassfields, Ring)

FamigliaAtlantic-Congo (Bantu, Grassfields, Ring) Parlanti~30K ScritturaLatin (with grave/circumflex tone diacritics + apostrophe ' for glottal stop) PaesiCameroon (Northwest Region — Wum and Menchum subdivision) Lingua ufficialeNo (English/French are official Cameroon; Aghem is recognized indigenous) Vitalitàvulnerable 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.

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20 parole essenziali in Aghem

Acqua

mê'

/meʔ/

Fuoco

ìmáa'

/imáaʔ/

Sole

kû'

/kuʔ/

Luna

nâa'

/naːʔ/

Madre

/mo/

Padre

/ta/

Mangiare

nîa

/nia/

Bere

nyâa

/ɲaː/

Amore

nkòŋ

/ŋkoŋ/

Cuore

mwâ

/mwa/

Albero

kpa'

/kpaʔ/

Casa

ndô

/ndo/

Cane

mbî

/mbi/

Gatto

/ɡo/

Mano

kwô'

/kwoʔ/

Occhio

dyiá

/djia/

Ciao

kâa'

/kaːʔ/

Grazie

ŋyaa'

/ŋjaːʔ/

Uno

/mo/

Buono

mwâ'

/mwaʔ/

Fonti

Parole a confronto

Confrontato con le lingue Atlantic-Congo (Bantu, Grassfields, Ring) correlate

Significato AghemMeta'ewondoKaondebuluLingalakikongo
Acqua mê' /meʔ/ /mə/ medzim /medzim/ mema /mema/ medim /medim/ máí /mai/ maza /maza/
Fuoco ìmáa' /imáaʔ/ mɔŋ /mɔŋ/ ndoa /ndoa/ mujilo /mudʒilo/ ndoa /ndoa/ mɔ́tɔ /mɔtɔ/ tiya /tija/
Sole kû' /kuʔ/ nyam /ɲam/ dzōb /dʒoːb/ juba /dʒuba/ zobé /zobe/ mói /moi/ ntangu /ntaŋɡu/
Luna nâa' /naːʔ/ nuŋ /nuŋ/ ngɔn /ŋɡɔn/ ñondo /ɲondo/ ngon /ŋɡon/ sánzá /sanza/ ngonda /ŋɡonda/
Madre /mo/ ma /ma/ nyia /ɲia/ bama /bama/ nyia /ɲia/ mamá /mama/ mama /mama/
Padre /ta/ ta /ta/ tara /taɾa/ batata /batata/ tata /tata/ tatá /tata/ tata /tata/
Mangiare nîa /nia/ /me/ di /di/ kuja /kudʒa/ dzia /dʒia/ kolía /kolia/ ku dia /ku dja/
Bere nyâa /ɲaː/ nyo /ɲo/ nyu /ɲu/ kutoma /kutoma/ nyu /ɲu/ komɛ́la /komɛla/ ku nua /ku nua/
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