Mbuʼ is a Southern Bantoid language with about 200 speakers in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. In particular, it is spoken in the village Mbuʼ / Ajumbu in the Wum commune in the south of the Menchum Department in the north of the Northwest Region. It is spoken mainly by adults, and few children are acquiring it.
Mbuʼ is also known as Ajumbu, Ajuh Mbuh, Lung or Mesem, and is named after the village where it's spoken. It can be written with the Latin alphabet.
Download an alphabet chart for Mbuʼ (Excel)
Details of the Mbuʼ alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)
Information about Mbuʼ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbuʼ_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajumbu
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Аджумбу
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mbuu1238
http://www.language-archives.org/language/muc
Abon, Bafanji, Bebe, Bekwarra, Daka, Ipulo, Isu, Jagham, Jarawa, Kemezung, Kenyang, Ki, Koshin, Kung, Mambila, Mbe, Mbuʼ, Medumba, Metaʼ, Mundabli-Mufu, Mundani, Mungbam, Naki, Ndoola, Ngwo, Noni, Nizaa, Pinyin, Saari, Tiv, Vute, Weh, Yambeta
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 07.04.26. Last modified: 07.04.26
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