Aghem (Wum or Yum) is a
Grassfields Bantu language
The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon and some parts of Taraba state, Nigeria. Better known Grassfields languages include the Easter ...
spoken in the
Wum
Wum is a town and commune in Cameroon. It is the capital of Menchum division in the Northwest Province.
Geography
Wum is the third biggest town in the north west region of Cameroon. It lies on a plateau at an elevation of about 1100 m near the ...
Central Sub-division in
Menchum
Menchum is a department of Northwest Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 4469 km and as of 2005 had a total population of 161,998. The capital of the department lies at Wum.
The Menchum River drains this area, flowing west ...
Division of the North West Region of
Cameroon
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References
External links
Miscellaneous Links
Aghem Bible translation ProjectEntries for Aghem in inventories of languages and people groups
information about Aghemin
Joshua Project
The Joshua Project is a Christian organization based in Colorado Springs, United States, which seeks to coordinate the work of missionary organizations to track the ethnic groups of the world with the fewest followers of evangelical Christianity. ...
Aghem language entry in GlottologAghem language entry in the EthnologuePeopleGroups entry for AghemOLAC (Open Language Archives) resources in and about the Aghem languageLinguistic papers on the Aghem language
Phonological Reconstruction and the Aghem Central Vowels by David Thormoset
Focus Marking in Aghem: Syntax or Semantics? by Larry M. Hyman (April 27, 2006, Revised March 12, 2007)
Focus in Aghem by Larry M. Hyman and Maria Polinsky
Ring languages
Languages of Cameroon
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