Esimbi is a member of the Tivoid group of Atlantic-Congo languages. It is spoken in the Menchum Division of the Northwest Province of Cameroon by about 34,800 people, particularly in and around the town of Benakuma, and along the Menchum River.
Esimbi is also known as Isimbi, Simpi, Age, Aage, Bogue or Mburugam. There are two main dialects: Upper Esimbi, which is spoken around the town of Benakuma, and Lower Esimbi, which is spoken closer to the Nigeria border.
There is a way to write Esimbi with the Latin alphabet. It is based on l'Alphabet général des langues camerounaises (AGLC), or the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages, which was devised in the 1970s.
Download an alphabet chart for Esimbi (Excel)
Mêpiŋini kitumbu otə kigimi ɛyunə oo. Tɔdzɔdzəbhərə, medzəbhərə, mesesə, mikpi-akpi, kôrəmbə mofulu ori əhə ufulu. Amu otsə nɔgə
Souce: Let's Read & Write Esimbi
Information about Esimbi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esimbi_language
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/ags
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ags/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231743848_Underspecification_and_vowel_height_transfer_in_Esimbi
Abua, Bandial, Bariba, Cebaara, Dza, Efik, Esimbi, Gbaya (Northwest), Ibibio, Iceve-Maci, Jibu, Kambari, Kar, Kissi, Laalaa, Limba, Mono, Nafanan, Noon, Obolo, Safen, Supyire, Temne, Ubang
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 22.08.23. Last modified: 22.08.23
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