Mundani (Mundàni)

Mundani is member of the Momo group of Southern Bantoid languages. It is spoken by about 34,000 people mainly in Mamfe, a commune in the north of the Manyu Department in the north of the Southwest Region in western Cameroon. It is also spoken in the Wabane sub-division in the north of the Lebialem Department in the northeast of the Southwest Region.

There is a way to write Mundani with the Latin alphabet based on the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages, which was adopted in 1979. There is a translation of the Bible in Mundani.

Mundani alphabet

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

Sample text

Yesò shu abua yɔb nê, “Ye ndɨ bɨ̀a me tsàꞋte la: ‘Tǎt wa wu a ègwet la leꞋ, Ghɨa bòt è kukte èlen lê Ghɨa Kèfɔ̧̀ wê kɨꞋɨ,
Ŋa awa àli àgème èghɨjɨ e kùꞋ àwa la.
WaꞋa bèkàbɔ̀ŋ ba, mbɨ̀Ꞌɨ̀ bàambɔŋ e waꞋa bèkàbɔ̀ŋ bɔnyɨ ba la. À ka ntsàà wa àdziꞋa bɔ̀ɔ taãaãte awa la.’ ”

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/2208/LUK.11.MNF

Translation

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
The Lord's Prayer - Luke 11: 2-4

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/1/LUK.11.KJV

Sample videos

Links

Information about Mundani
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundani_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundani
http://www.language-archives.org/language/mnf
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/mnf
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mund1327

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 on 28.04.26. Last modified: 28.04.26

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