| Ki | |
|---|---|
| Tuki | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | (26,000 cited 1982)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bag – inclusive codeIndividual codes: leo – Letimct – Mengisa (duplicate code) |
| Glottolog | tuki1240 |
A.601 (ex-A.61,64), possibly also A.63[2] | |
TheKi language,Tuki (Baki, Oki), is aSouthern Bantoid language ofCameroon. It is spoken by 26,000 people in theCentral Province of Cameroon, in theLekie division and in the Mbam and Kim division, along theSanaga river.[3]
The dialects are Kombe (Tukombe), Cenga (Tocenga), Tsinga (Tutsingo), Bundum, Njo (Tonjo), Ngoro (Tu Ngoro), Mbere (Tumvele)[3] and possiblyLeti/Mengisa[4] andMbwasa.
Tuki distinguishes six phonetic vowels. It distinguishes between long and short vowels.[5]
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
The consonants are as follows.[5]
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar/Glottal | Labiovelar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop/Affricate | Voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | k͡p |
| Voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | g͡b | |
| Prenasalized | ⁿb | ⁿd | ⁿd͡ʒ | ⁿg <ng> | ⁿg͡b | |
| Fricative | Voiceless | s | h | |||
| Voiced | β | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ <ny> | ŋ <ng> | ||
| Approximant | ɾ | j | w | |||
As in mostBantu languages, the noun consists of a class prefix and a stem. Verbs are conjugated for the noun class of the subject and object.[3] The primary word order isSVO.[6]
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