Yaren Bamum

 

Bamum ( Shü Pamom</link> [ ʃŷpǎˑmə̀m ]</link> ' , ko kuma Shümom</link> ' yare ne wanda kuma aka fi sani da Shupamem, Bamun, ko Bamoun, yare ne na Gabashin Grassfields na Kamaru, akwae masu magana da yaren kusan mutun 420,000. Yaren ya shahara saboda rubutunsa na asali wanda Sarki Njoya da da'irar fadarsa suka kirkira a cikin Masarautar Bamum a kusa da 1895. Mawaƙin Kamaru Claude Ndam ɗan asalin yaren ne kuma ya rera shi a cikin waƙarsa.

Fassarar sauti

Bamum yana da sautin sauti, tsayin wasali, diphthongs da baƙaƙen coda .

Nchare yana da'awar diphthong goma, takwas kawai daga cikinsu (ban da /ɔ / da /o / ) suna da bambancin tsayi. Matateyou yana nuna misalan al'ada da dogayen misalan duk halayen wasali guda goma. Rubutun a kusurwar ya dogara ne akan Janaral Alphabet na Harsunan Kamaru kamar yadda Matateyou ya yi amfani da shi.

	Gaba		Tsakiya	Baya
	Unrounded	Rounded	Unrounded	Unrounded	Rounded
Kusa	i ⟨ i ⟩ iː ⟨ ii ⟩	y ⟨ ⟩ yː ⟨ üü ⟩		ɯ ⟨ ʉ ⟩ ɯː ⟨ ʉʉ ⟩	u ⟨ ku ⟩ uː ⟨ uu ⟩
Tsakar	e ⟨ e ⟩ eː ⟨ ee ⟩		ə ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩ əː		o ⟨ o ⟩ oː ⟨ oo ⟩
Bude-tsakiyar	ɛ ⟨ ɛ ⟩ ɛː ⟨ ɛɛ ⟩				ɔ ⟨ ɔ ⟩ ɔː ⟨ ɔɔ ⟩
Bude			a ⟨ a ⟩ a ⟨ aa ⟩

Bakake

Ana nuna baƙaƙe kamar haka:

			Labial		Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labial-<br id="mwoA"><br><br><br></br> maras kyau	Glottal
M	Plain	Voiceless	p ⟨ p ⟩		t ⟨ t ⟩		k ⟨ ⟩	k͡p ⟨ kp ⟩	[ ʔ ⟨ ⟩
		Voiced	b ⟨ b ⟩		d ⟨ d ⟩		ɡ ⟨ g ⟩	g͡b ⟨ gb ⟩
	Prenasal	Voiceless	ᵐp ⟨ mp ⟩		ⁿt ⟨ n ⟩		ᵑk ⟨ ŋk ⟩	ᵑ͡ᵐk͡p ⟨ ŋkp ⟩
		Voiced	ᵐb ⟨ mb ⟩		ⁿd ⟨ ⟩		ᵑɡ ⟨ ŋg ⟩	ᵑ͡ᵐg͡b ⟨ ŋgb ⟩
Ƙarfafawa	Plain	Voiceless	f ⟨ f ⟩		s ⟨ s ⟩	ʃ ⟨ sh ⟩
		Voiced	β [lower-alpha 2] ⟨ ɓ ⟩	v ⟨ v ⟩	z ⟨ z ⟩	ʒ ⟨ j ⟩	ɣ ⟨ ⟩
	Prenasal	Voiceless	ᶬf ⟨ mf ⟩		ⁿs ⟨ ns ⟩	ᶮʃ ⟨ nsh ⟩
		Voiced	ᶬv ⟨ ⟩		ⁿz ⟨ nz ⟩	ᶮʒ ⟨ nzh ⟩
Nasal			m ⟨ m ⟩		n ⟨ n ⟩	ɲ ⟨ ny ⟩	ŋ ⟨ ŋ ⟩	ŋ͡m ⟨ ŋm ⟩
Rhotic					r ⟨ r ⟩
Kusanci	A fili				l ⟨ l ⟩	j ⟨ y ⟩		w ⟨ w ⟩
	Prenasal					ⁿj ⟨ nj ⟩	ⁿw ⟨ ⟩

Sautuna

Bamum yana da sautuna huɗu ko biyar. Binciken Mateteyou ya ƙunshi sautin tsakiya, yayin da binciken Nchare ya haɗa da ƙasa . Bamum yana bambanta tsakanin sautin ƙamus da na nahawu .

Dicritic	Nchare	Matateyu
a	ƙananan	ƙananan
a	babba	babba
ba	--	tsakiyar
ǎ	tashi	tashi
â	fadowa	fadowa
ꜜ	kasa	--

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