Kung language (Cameroon)

Not to be confused with ǃKung languages.

Kung is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

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 family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo languages Benue–Congo languages Southern Bantoid languages Grassfields Ring Center Kung
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

Tatang counts 10 vowel phonemes.^[2]

	Front	Central		Back
Close	/i/	/ɨ/	/ʉ/	/u/
Close-mid	/e/			/o/
Open-mid	/ɛ/			/ɔ/
Open		/ä/

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]