Language/Bulu-cameroon/Pronunciation/Alphabet
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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[edit | edit source]
EPC Alphabet[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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 |
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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[edit | edit source]
Consonants[edit | edit source]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
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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[edit | edit source]
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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