Kung language (Cameroon)
Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon
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Kung is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
NativetoCameroon
Native speakers
The Nzonko dialect was spoken during the 2000s, but now probably extinct.
The Nkam dialect is originated from the frontier with Nigeria, today spoken a undated number of 12.
The Zoro dialect was discovered in 2003, now at least 1 person remember words of this dialect. (2019)[1]| Kung | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | The Nzonko dialect was spoken during the 2000s, but now probably extinct.
The Nkam dialect is originated from the frontier with Nigeria, today spoken a undated number of 12. The Zoro dialect was discovered in 2003, now at least 1 person remember words of this dialect. (2019)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfl |
| Glottolog | kung1260 |
| ELP | Kung |
Consonants
Tatang enumerates 24 plain consonants, 9 prenasalized consonants, 7 labialized consonants, and 6 palatalized consonants, for a total of 46.[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | /b/ /ᵐb/ /bʷ/ /bʲ/ | /t/ /ⁿt/ /d/ /ⁿd/ /tʲ/ | /k/ /ᵑk/ /ᵑg/ /kʷ/ /kʲ/ | /k͡p/ /g͡b/ | /ʔ/ | ||
| Affricate | /ᵐb͡v/ | /t͡s/ /ⁿd͡z/ | /t͡ʃ/ /d͡ʒ/ | ||||
| Fricative | /fʷ/ /fʲ/ | /s/ /z/ /ⁿz/ | /ʃ/ /ʒ/ /ⁿʒ/ /ʃʷ/ /ʒʲ/ | /ɣ/ | |||
| Nasal | /m/ /mʷ/ | /n/ | /ɲ/ | /ŋʷ/ | |||
| Trill | /ʙ/ | ||||||
| Approximant | /l/ /lʷ/ /lʲ/ | /j/ | /w/ |
Vowels
Tones
In addition, Kung contrasts six tones--three level tones (high, mid, low) and three contour tones (rising, high-mid, and falling). Tatang argues that the contour tones are combinations of register tones.[2]
