Isu

Isu is member of the Grassfields group of Southern Bantoid languages. It is spoken by about 15,000 people in the Fungom Subdivision of the Menchum Department in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. In particular, Isu is spoken in and around the village of Isu and the town of Wum.

Isu is written with the Latin alphabet using an orthography based on guidelines adopted in 1979 by the National Committee for the Unification and Harmonisation of the Alphabets of Cameroon Languages.

Isu alphabet

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Sample sentences

Ghu zèe way ndàw kɨ̀ŋwà’â, ghu zèe anɨ bekivvɨ̀n.
They are not going to school, they are going to the market.
Kum khu fɨ̀bud, bvɨ̀ nɨ̀ bì iti a ndàw.
They are not going to school, they are going to the market.
Ù liɨ mìɨ nɨ̀ zwe kɨ̀ ushiɨ ubè: mɨ̀ntsɔ̀mbì nɨ̀ ffee ki.
He is wanting me to buy two things: groundnuts and plantain..
Iyɨŋi kɨ̀ ŋwùgɨ̀ kɨtsa’; iŋɨ̀mɨ̀ bwamɨ utsa’.
The women were mixing the mud; the men were making the blocks.

Source: Isu Orthography Guide, by Stephen C. Anderson.

Sample video

Links

Information about Isu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isu_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isu_(langue)
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/isu
http://www.language-archives.org/language/isu
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/isum1240

Bantoid languages

Abon, Bafanji, Bebe, Bekwarra, Daka, Ipulo, Isu, Jagham, Jarawa, Kemezung, Kenyang, Ki, Koshin, Kung, Mambila, Mbe, Mbuʼ, Medumba, Metaʼ, Mundabli-Mufu, Mundani, Pinyin, Tiv, Yambeta

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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