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Bulu is a Bantu language spoken in the South Region of Cameroon.
Bulu was first written in the 1880s by American missionaries with a version of the Latin alphabet known as l'Alphabet de l'EPC or L'alphabet de l'église presbytérienne du Cameroun (The Alphabet of Prebyterian Church of Cameroon). There is also a way of writing Bulu with l'alphabet général des langues camerounaises (AGLC) or PROPELCA (the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages).
== 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.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!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 ==
== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|a ã
|a ã
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|}
== 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.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!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
|}
|}

Revision as of 20:59, 26 December 2022

Bulu is a Bantu language spoken in the South Region of Cameroon. Bulu was first written in the 1880s by American missionaries with a version of the Latin alphabet known as l'Alphabet de l'EPC or L'alphabet de l'église presbytérienne du Cameroun (The Alphabet of Prebyterian Church of Cameroon). There is also a way of writing Bulu with l'alphabet général des langues camerounaises (AGLC) or PROPELCA (the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages).

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
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