Vute (Vɨ́tè)

Vute is a member of the Mambiloid branch of the Northern Bantoid language family. It is spoken by about 21,000 people mainly in Cameroon, and also in southeastern Nigeria. In particular, it is spoken in the Mayo-Banyo and Djérem departments in the southwest of the Adamawa Region in the north of Cameroon.

Other names for Vute include Babouté, Bamboute, Boute, Bute, Foute, Pute, Voute, Voutere, Woute, Wute, Vútè, Vouté and Vɨ́tè. Dialects include Eastern, Central and Doume. A standard orthography for Vute using the Latin script and based on the General Alphabet of Cameroonian Languages was created in 1979.

Vute alphabet and pronunciation

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

Notes

Between vowels, b = [β] and g = [ɣ]
Consonants are labialized when followed by w
b, k, n and t are unreleased at the end of words.

Sample text

Á Yésù tana ŋgáb: «Ɓwâ nyí du Mèín yóŋniì, tanáam ɨnè: ‹Tá, ɨ́r woò dù ɓe sɨr sɨsaréé; Ŋgɔ̧́ɔ̧̀ woò gòtɨ.
Nà nɨ́m cɔŋ ɗóhe ɓe nɨ́mè ye lâs.
Tɨ́ínà nɨ́m cum nɨ́mè hȩ nɨ́m nɨ̀miib duce tɨ́ínànɨ nùb lâs ndɨŋ nɨ́m ɓáŋhɨ́nne. Wu wu kɨhɨr bɨ̀ nɨ́m na mbɨ́ɨ.› »

Source: https://www.bible.com/bible/887/LUK.11.NTV

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 Vute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vute_language
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vute_(langue)
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/vute1244
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/vut
http://language-archives.org/language/vut
https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15807/NI
https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/15807/CM

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: 08.06.26. Last modified: 09.06.26

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