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{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Congo}}
{{Infobox language
{{Infobox language
|name=Fuumu
|name=Fuumu
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|states=[[Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
|states=[[Republic of the Congo|Congo]]
|region=[[Malebo Pool]]
|region=[[Malebo Pool]]
|speakers=8,150 (2000)
|speakers={{sigfig|8150|2}}
|date=2000
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Benue–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Benue–Congo]]
|fam4=[[Bantoid]]
|fam4=[[Southern Bantoid]]
|fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone B|Zone B]])
|fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone B|Zone B]])
|fam6=[[Teke languages|Teke]] (B.70)
|fam6=[[Teke languages|Teke]] (B.70)
|dia1=Fuumu
|dia1=Fuumu
|dia2=Wuumu
|dia2=Wuumu
|dia3=Mpuono
|iso3=ifm
|iso3=ifm
|glotto=teke1274
|glottorefname=Teke-Fuumu
|glotto2=wuum1239
|glottorefname2=Wuumu-Mpuono
|guthrie=B.77b, B.84
}}
}}
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'''Fuumu''' is a member of the [[Teke languages]] [[dialect continuum]] of the Congolese plateau. The two dialects, Fuumu (''Ifuumu'') and Wuumu (''Iwuumu''), are sometimes considered separate languages. They are sometimes considered part of [[South Teke language|South Teke]].


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'''Fuumu''' is a member of the [[Teke languages]] [[dialect continuum]] of the Congolese plateau. The three dialects, Fuumu (''Ifuumu''), Wuumu (''Iwuumu'') and Mpuono, are sometimes considered separate languages. They are sometimes considered part of [[South Teke language|South Teke]].

Mpuono has been spuriously conflated with [[Mbuun language|Mbuun]].<ref>[https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2024/2024-006.pdf]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}}
[[Category:Teke languages]]
[[Category:Teke languages]]

Latest revision as of 21:39, 4 November 2024

Fuumu
Wuumu
Native toCongo
RegionMalebo Pool
Native speakers
8,200 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Fuumu
  • Wuumu
  • Mpuono
Language codes
ISO 639-3ifm
Glottologteke1274
wuum1239
B.77b, B.84[2]

Fuumu is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. The three dialects, Fuumu (Ifuumu), Wuumu (Iwuumu) and Mpuono, are sometimes considered separate languages. They are sometimes considered part of South Teke.

Mpuono has been spuriously conflated with Mbuun.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fuumu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ [1]
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