Fanji language

Fanji
Bafanji
Chuufieʼ
RegionCameroon
EthnicityBafanji
Native speakers
17,000 (2008)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bfj
Glottologbafa1249

The Fanji language, Chuufiè (chufieʼ), is a Grassfields Bantu language and the language of the Bafanji people in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.[1][2] There are approximately 17,000 speakers. The language has a rich system of tonal morphology, including reduplication involving adjectives.

Bafanji speakers, who number 8,500, call their language Chuufi. It is spoken south of Ndop in Ngoketunjia Department, Northwest Region. It is closely related to Bamali, Mengambo, and Bambalang.[3]

  1. ^ a b Fanji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Silverman (1995:57)
  3. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.