Aghem language

Aghem
Wum
Yum
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Menchum
Native speakers	27,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Grassfields Ring West Aghem
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`agq`
Glottolog	`aghe1239`^[2]

Aghem (Wum or Yum) is a Grassfields Bantu language spoken in the Wum Central Sub-division in Menchum Division of the North West Region of Cameroon.

References

↑ Aghem at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Aghem". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

External links

Miscellaneous Links

Aghem Bible translation Project
Aghem language on AFADA USA website NOTE: This link no longer exists. See parent site at afada-usa.org/

Entries for Aghem in inventories of languages and people groups

Linguistic papers on the Aghem language

Phonological Reconstruction and the Aghem Central Vowels, by David Thormoset
Focus Marking in Aghem: Syntax or Semantics?, by Larry M. Hyman (April 27, 2006, Revised March 12, 2007)
Focus in Aghem, by Larry M. Hyman and Maria Polinsky

Languages of Cameroon

Official languages	French English

Major languages	Bamum Bulu Duala Ewondo Fulfulde Kom Lamnso Medumba

Indigenous languages	Abon Afade Aghem Ambo Bafaw-Balong Bafia Baka Baldemu Bamali Bambalang Bana Bangolan Bankon Basaa Bata Bati Batu Bebele Bebil Beti Bikya Bishuo Bitare Bomwali Bonkeng Bube Bung Buwal Byep Caka Ceve Chamba Leko Cuvok Daba Dek Dowayo Ɗugwor Duli Eman Esimbi Eton Evant Fa’ Fang Fanji Fe'fe' Fut Gawar Gbanu Gbanzili Ghomala' Gidar Glavda Gude Gunu Gvoko Hausa Hdi Hijuk Hina Hya Ipulo Iyive Jimi Jina Kaalong Kabba Kako Kali Kanuri Kare Kasabe Kera Ki Kogo Kol Koma Kpwe Kuo Kutin Kwa’ Kwakum Kwasio La'bi Lagwan Limba Limbum Luo Maɗa Mafa Majera Makaa Malgbe Manenguba Mangbai Manza Maslam Massa Matal Mazagway Mbə’ Mboa Mbudum Mbuko Mbule Mbum Mefele Məgaka Mengisa Menyam Merey Mesaka Mfumte Mofu-Gudur Moloko Mono Mpade Mpumpong Mser Mundang Mungaka Musgu Muyang Nagumi Nda’nda’ Ndai Nen Nga'ka Ngambay Ngiemboon Ngomba Ngombale Ngwe Nimbari Njem Njerep Nkongho Noho Noni North Giziga North Mofu Northwest Gbaya Nyokon Nyong Nzakambay Nzanyi Nzime Oblo Oroko Otank Pam Papia Parkwa Pinyin Pol Pongo Psikyɛ Rombi Sharwa South Giziga Suwu Swo Tibea Tikar To Tsuvan Tupuri Vame Vemgo-Mabas Vengo Vere Voko Wom Wuzlam Yamba Yambe Yasa Yedina Yemba Yeni Zizilivakan Zulgo-Gemzek Zumaya

See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

Grassfields Bantu languages

Ring
languages

Central	Babanki Bum Kom Kuk Kung Mmen Oku

Northern	Bamunka Kenswei Nsei Vengo Wushi

Western	Aghem Isu Laimbue Weh Zhoa

Other	Nso

Eastern
Grassfields

Bamileke

Western	Megaka Ngiemboon Ngombale Ngomba Ngwe Yemba

Eastern	Fe’fe’ Ghomálá’ Kwa’ Nda’nda’ Medumba

Other

Viti

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