Metaʼ (Mɨta’)

Metaʼ is a member of the Eastern Grassfields group of Southern Bantoid languages. It has about 190,000 speakers in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, particularly near the towns of Mbengwi and Batibo in the Momo Department in the south of the Northwest Region, and in and around Bamenda in the neighbouring department of Mezam.

Metaʼ is also known as Metaʼ-Ngamambo, Metta, Bameta, Mitaa, Moghamo-Menemo, Muta or Menemo. There are two dialects: Moghamo and Menemo.

Metaʼ alphabet and pronunciation

Download an alphabet chart for Metaʼ (Excel)
Details of the Metaʼ alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel (PDF)

Notes

c is also written ch
Consonants are labialised when follwed by w
w is pronounced [ɥ] before i
Tones are often unmarked, with the exception of the low tone

Sample sentences

Mbah beri gwi titad, ìkub mɔ̀’ tì ìkuŋə ikwè.
Mbah has three goats, a fowl and four pigs.
Ìtɔb tìkum ya Teboh, Ndam te Anim
Their names are Teboh, Ndam and Anim.
Mbɔ̀ biri ghò ighwen tèchɔ̀ŋ.
They will go to the market today.

Source: Moghamo orthography guide by Mathaus Njeck.

Sample videos

Links

Information about Metaʼ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaʼ_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaʼ
https://lughayangu.com/meta
http://www.language-archives.org/language/mgo
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/mgo
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/nbv

Bantoid languages

Abon, Bafanji, Bebe, Bekwarra, Daka, Ipulo, Isu, Jagham, Jarawa, Kemezung, Kenyang, Ki, Koshin, Kung, Mambila, Mbe, Mbuʼ, Medumba, Metaʼ, Mundabli-Mufu, Mundani, Mungbam, Naki, Ndoola, Ngwo, Noni, Nizaa, Pinyin, Saari, Tiv, Vute, Weh, Yambeta

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

Page created: 13.04.26. Last modified: 13.04.26

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