Kung language (Cameroon)

Kung is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

Phonology Consonants

enumerates 24 plain consonants, 9 prenasalized consonants, 7 labialized consonants, and 6 palatalized consonants, for a total of 46.

Labial Alveolar Palatal(-alveolar) Velar Labial-velar Glottal Nasal Plosive Affricate Fricative Approximant Trill

Vowels counts 10 vowel phonemes.

Front Central Back Close Close-mid Open-mid Open

Tones Kung contrasts six tones: three level tones (high, mid, low) and three contour tones (rising, high-mid, and falling). argues that the contour tones are combinations of register tones.

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