Kejom (Babanki)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10263100 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Faytak (0000-0001-8188-4642, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author), Pius W Akumbu (0000-0002-5767-145X, Universität Hamburg) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 333-354 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the International Phonetic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-1003 • E-ISSN: 1475-3502 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0025100319000264 |
| OpenAlex | W4252863404 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Kejom [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m], the preferred autonym for the language more commonly known as Babanki, is a Central Ring Grassfields Bantu language (ISO 693-3: [bbk]) spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon (Hyman 1980, Hammarström et al. 2017, Simons & Fennig 2017). The language is spoken mainly in two settlements shown in Figure 1, Kejom Ketinguh [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m ↓kɘ́tÍnɡ̀uʔ] and Kejom Keku [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m ↓kɘ́k̀u], also known as Babanki Tungoh and Big Babanki, respectively, but also to some extent in diaspora communities outside of Cameroon. Simons & Fennig (2017) state that the number of speakers is increasing; however, the figure of 39,000 speakers they provide likely overestimates the number of fluent speakers in diaspora communities. The two main settlements’ dialects exhibit slight phonetic, phonological, and lexical differences but are mutually intelligible. The variety of Kejom described here is the Kejom Ketinguh variant spoken by the second author; all data and examples which we take into account are based on his speech
Archaeology · Bantu languages · Diaspora · Geography · Human settlement · Linguistics · Sociology · Spoken language · Variety (cybernetics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research
Patterns of Sounds
Comparing tongue shapes from ultrasound imaging using smoothing spline analysis of variance
Ggmap
Tiers in articulatory phonology, with some implications for casual speech
The Origin of Sound Patterns in Vocal Tract Constraints
The sounds of the world's languages
Babanki verb tone
Coarticulation and Phonology
Revisiting Mandarin 'apical vowels
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |