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The Phonetic Structure of Bamum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Ida. C. Ward
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The Bamum language is spoken in theFrench mandated territory of the Cameroons around the town of Famboun by about 55,000 speakers.

The observations set out here are based upon a short but intensive period of investigation at the Paris Exhibition in 1937, when, through the kind offices of Professor Henri Labouret, I was able to work with a native craftsman (an embroiderer) from Famboun, Andre Njoya.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1937 , pp. 423 - 438
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1937

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page 423 note 1 The writer hopes to publish a summary of this work, together with notes on the grammar and structure of the language, based upon her own work and upon the available material, as a linguistic chapter in a book on the Bamum which Professor Labouret has in preparation.

page 425 note 1 x, the vowel in English “ man ”, about half-way between Cardinal 3 and 4

page 430 note 1 t, = unexploded t.

page 430 note 2 For the replacement of t by r see later.

page 431 note 1 It was found in “ soap ”, which is evidently a borrowed word.

page 433 note 1 Compare Efik kiet “ one “, kierakiet “ one by one “, mbubit “ darkness “, mbub(i)reyo “ night “. The informant transferred this habit into French, frequently using r instead of t for liaison.

page 436 note 1 The substitution of r for t has been noted in both languages (see p. 433).

page 437 note 1 This root occurs in other W. Sudanic and Bantu languages.