Befang

Language name and location: Befang, NW region, Cameroon [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 贝芳语, 喀麦隆西北区门春州乌姆分区贝芳地区

1. móʔ (~mʊ́ʔ)	21. bə̀ɣúmbáfétsʷàmóʔ
2. fe	22. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷàbáfé
3. táí	23. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷàbátáí
4. ɪ̀kᶣà ( ɪ̀kɥà )	24. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷɪ̀kᶣa
5. ɪ̀tʲə̂n	25. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷɪ̀tʲə̂n
6. ⁿdʊ̀fú	26. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷɪ̀ⁿdʊ̀fú
7. èkᶣànátáí (4 and 3 ) i.e. ( 4+ 3 )	27. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷɪ̀kᶣànátáí
8. éfómó	28. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷɪ̀fómó
9. étʲə̂nékᶣà ( 5+ 4 )	29. bə̀ɣúmbáfébə̀tsʷɪ̀tʲə̂nɪ̀kᶣà (20+5+4)
10. éɣúm	30. bə̀ɣúmbátáí
11. éɣúmètsʷàmóʔ	40. bə̀ɣúmɪ̀kᶣà
12. éɣúmbètsʷàbáfé	50. bə̀ɣúmɪ̀tʲə̂n
13. éɣúmbètsʷàbátáí	60. bə̀ɣúmɪ̀ⁿdʊ̀fú
14. éɣúmbètsʷēkᶣà	70. bə̀ɣúmɪ̀kᶣànàtáí
15. éɣúmbètsʷētʲə̂n	80. bə̀ɣúmɪ̀fómó
16. éɣúmbètsʷēⁿdʊ̀fú	90. bə̀ɣúmɪ̀tʲə̂nɪ̀kᶣà
17. éɣúmbètsʷēbə̀tsʷàkᶣànátáí	100. bɔ̀míⁿdáŋɡàŋ
18. éɣúmbètsʷēfómó	200. ɪ́bɔ̀míbàⁿdáŋɡàŋbáfə́
19. éɣúmbètsʷētʲə̂nɪ̀kᶣà (10+5+4)	1000. ɪ́tʃə́n ~ étʃə́n
20. bə̀ɣúmbáfé	2000. kə́tʃə́nkə́fə́

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Nelson C. Tschonghongei, Department of African languages and linguistics, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon, June 14, 2013.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Nelson C. Tschonghongei, 2013 年 6 月 14 日.

Other comments: Befang or Menchum is a Grassfields language of Cameroon spoken by about by 9,000 speakers in North West region: Menchum division, Wum dubdivision, Befang area; Mezam division, Tuba subdivision, Cameroon. Befang is the local town and also the name of the Menchum dialect spoken there. Befang has an unusual decimal system with 7 and 9 distort the counting base. So, is the language base 4 or 6 or is it still considered as base 10 ?

This language is the sister of Obang. The Befang and the Obang both originated from Widikum. But there are light changes in relation to the vowels and consonants in both languages.

Befang Vowelsː

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid-Close	ɪ		ʊ
Mid-Open		ə	o, ɔ
Open		a

Tone system unknown. High v́, low v̀, mid v̄, falling v̂, highmid v.

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