| Language name: | MBUM |
| UPSID number: | 4146 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Adamawa |
| This language has | 38 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.375539736 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p t k kp b bD d g gb b< d< mb nd Ng Nmgb f h v mv s Z nZ m n nj N r l j w i "e a "o u i~ a~ u~ |
| Comment: | Mbum is spoken in a discontinuous area in central northern Cameroun and adjoining parts of Chad and the Central African Republic. Mbum has a 2-level tone system. Segments described by Hagege as "apical" are interpreted as alveolar. |
| Source(s): | Hagege, C. 1970. La Langue MBum de NGanha (Cameroun). Societe pour l'etude des langues africaines, 18. CNRS & L'Universite de Liege. |