The Fanji language, ''Chuufiè'' (''chufieʼ''), 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 ...

and the language of the Bafanji people in the Northwest Region of

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

. There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal

morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to: Disciplines * Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts * Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies ...

, including reduplication involving

adjectives In linguistics, an adjective (abbreviated ) is a word that generally modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun. Traditionally, adjectives were considered one of the mai ...

. Bafanji speakers, who number 8,500, call their language ''Chuufi''. It is spoken south of

Ndop Ndop is a town and a commune in the northwest of Cameroon. It comprises four villages: * Bambalang (village) * Bamali * Bamessing * Bamunka See also *Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administr ...

in Ngoketunjia Department, Northwest Region. It is closely related to Bamali, Mengambo, and Bambalang.

Phonology

Consonants

References

* Languages of Cameroon Nun languages {{gras-lang-stub