Aghem language

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.

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

Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of Aghem are shown below.^[2]

		Bilabial		Labiodental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Palatal		Labial–velar		Velar		Glottal
Nasal			m				n			ɲ			ŋm		ŋ
Plosive	unasp.		b				d					kp	gb		g	ʔ
	asp.	pʰ				tʰ								kʰ
Affricate				p̪f	b̪v	ts	dz	t̠ʃ	d̠ʒ
Fricative				f	v			ʃ	ʒ						ɣ
Approximant	Central										j				w
	Lateral						l

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Near-back	Back
Close	i			u
Near-close		ɪ	ʊ
Close-mid	e			o
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open	a			ɒ

Aghem has two tones. High tone and low tone.