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The General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages is an orthographic system created in the late 1970s for all Cameroonian languages. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Consonant and vowel letters are not to contain diacritics, though ẅ is a temporary exception.
Nevertheless, many Cameroonian languages have alphabets or other writing systems, many developed by the Christian missionary group SIL International, who have translated the Bible, Christian hymns, and other materials. The General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages was developed in the late 1970s as an orthographic system for all Cameroonian languages.
Kom uses a 29-character Latin-script orthography based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages. [4] It contains 20 single characters from the ISO set, six digraphs, and three special characters: barred I (Ɨɨ), eng (Ŋŋ), and an apostrophe (’). The digraphs ae and oe are also written as ligatures æ and œ, respectively.
Despite originally being exclusively a spoken language, Yemba writing was developed by Maurice Tadadjeu (co-creator of the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages) and Steven Bird. Their team developed a small Yemba - French Dictionary covering French translations of over 3,000 Yemba words and expressions. [2]
The Ngiemboon language, (autonym: Ngiembɔɔn), is one of a dozen Bamileke languages spoken in Cameroon. Its speakers are located primarily within the department of Bamboutos in the West Region of Cameroon. Dialects are Batcham (Basham), Balatchi (Balaki) and Bamoungong (Bamongoun).
Bafaw-Balong language; Bafia language (Cameroon) Baka language; Baldemu language; Balo language; Bamali language; Bambalang language; Bamileke languages; Bamukumbit language; Bamum language; Bana language; Bangandu language; Bangolan language; Bankon language; Basaa language; Bata language; Bati language (Cameroon) Batu language; Beba language ...
Bamum (Shü Pamom [ʃŷpǎˑmə̀m] ' language of the Bamum ', or Shümom ' Mum language '), also known as Shupamem, Bamun, or Bamoun, is an Eastern Grassfields language of Cameroon, with approximately 420,000 speakers. [1] The language is well known for its original script developed by King Njoya and his palace circle in the Kingdom of Bamum ...
Medumba (Mə̀dʉ̂mbɑ̀, [2] Medumba pronunciation: [mə̀ɟʝʉ̂ᵐbɑ̀]) is a Bamileke language of Cameroon.The people who speak it originate from the Nde division of the West Region of the country, with their main settlements in Bangangté, Bakong, Bangoulap, Bahouoc, Bagnoun and Tonga.