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Bamum language

Bamum
Shüpamom
Region Cameroon, Nigeria
Native speakers
420,000 (2005)
Bamum syllabary
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottolog bamu1253
Shumom-text.jpg
Page from a manuscript in the Bamum script

Bamum (Shüpamom [ʃŷpǎˑmə̀m] "Bamum language"), or in its French spelling Bamoun, is one of the Benue–Congo languages of Cameroon, with approximately 420,000 speakers. The language is well known for its original script developed by King Njoya and his palace circle around 1895. Cameroonian musician Claude Ndam is a native speaker of the language and uses it in his music.

Bamum has tone, long vowels and diphthongs, and coda consonants. The simple vowels are,

The consonants are,



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