Akum language

{{Infobox language

|name = Akum

|nativename =

|states = Cameroon, Nigeria

|region = Taraba State

|ethnicity =Anyar

|speakers =1,400 in Cameroon

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|speakers2=few in Nigeria (no date), three villages

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4= Plateau

|fam5= Yukubenic

|fam6= Akum–Beezen

|iso3=aku

|glotto=akum1238

|glottorefname=Akum

}}

Akum is a Plateau language of Cameroon and across the border in Nigeria.

Phonology

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" \|+Akum Consonants{{Cite journal\|last1=Kempf\|first1=Viktoria\|last2=Prischnegg \|first2=Tamara\|date=2020\|title=A sketch of Akum (Southern Jukunoid)\|journal=Afrika und Übersee\|volume=93\|pages=299–326\|doi=10.15460/auue.2020.93.1.215\|s2cid=239965594\|doi-access=free}} ! !Labial !Coronal !Palatal !Velar !Labio-velar
Nasal \|m \|n \|ɲ \|ŋ \|ŋm
Plosive \|b \|t d \|c ɟ \|k g \|kp gb
Prenasalized \|ᵐb \|ⁿd \|ᶮɟ \|ᵑɡ \|
Affricate \| \|ts dz \| \| \|
Fricative \|f \|s ʃ \| \| \|
Trill \| \|r \| \| \|
Approximant \| \|l \|j \| \|w

class="wikitable"

|+Akum Consonants{{Cite journal|last1=Kempf|first1=Viktoria|last2=Prischnegg |first2=Tamara|date=2020|title=A sketch of Akum (Southern Jukunoid)|journal=Afrika und Übersee|volume=93|pages=299–326|doi=10.15460/auue.2020.93.1.215|s2cid=239965594|doi-access=free}}

|ɲ

|ŋ

|ŋm

Plosive

|t d

|c ɟ

|k g

|kp gb

Prenasalized

|ᵐb

|ⁿd

|ᶮɟ

|ᵑɡ

|ts dz

|s ʃ

Many consonants also have palatalized and labialized variants, but due to a lack of documentation it is unknown whether or not these are phonemic. Only /r/, /b/, /g/, /m/, /n/, and /ŋ/ occur at the end of a syllable, and /ŋ/ only occurs in this position.