Language/Bulu-cameroon/Pronunciation/Alphabet

Bulu is a Bantu language spoken in the South Region of Cameroon. It was first written by American missionaries with a version of the Latin alphabet known as l'Alphabet de l'EPC or The Alphabet of Prebyterian Church of Cameroon. There is also a way of writing Bulu with the AGLC or the PROPELCA alphabets.

Writing system

EPC Alphabet

The Bulu alphabet of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon consists of 24 letters: a, b, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, ñ, o, ô, p, s, t, u, v, w, y, z. é and è are variants of e in this alphabet.

PROPELCA alphabet

PROPELCA has also coded Bulu with an alphabet based on the General Alphabet of Cameroonian Languages.

Uppercase	A	B	C	D	E	Ə	F	I	J	K	L	M	N	Ŋ	NY	O	Ɔ	S	T	U	V	Y	Z	ʼ
Lowercase	a	b	c	d	e	ə	f	i	j	k	l	m	n	ŋ	ny	o	ɔ	s	t	u	v	y	z	ʼ

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
					plain	lab.
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	c	k		ʔ
	voiced	b	d	ɟ	ɡ
	prenasal	mb	nd		ŋɡ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s				h
	voiced	v	z
	prenasal	ɱv
Affricate	voiceless				kp	kpʷ
	voiced				ɡb	ɡbʷ
	prenasal-vl.				ŋkp	ŋkpʷ
	prenasal-vd.				ŋɡb	ŋɡbʷ
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Lateral			l
Approximant				j		w

Vowels/Nasals

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ		u ũ
Close-mid	e ẽ		o
Mid		ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ ɔ̃
Open		a ã