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  • Language Family: Grassfields
  • Topic #1: Dialectology
  • Topic #2: Phonology
Lexico-phonological dialectometry of Yémba speech varie Lexico-phonological dialectometry of Yémba speech varieties

This article treats a complex problem of determining and defining the limits or boundaries of speech varieties of the Yémba language. Through the careful application of the dialectometry method, the exact number of Yémba dialects is scientifically defined and the relationships between them statistically established. This new definition of the Yémba language community is more complete and precise than that of Dieu and Renaud in ALCAM (1983:72). At the historical level this study constitutes a decisive step in the interpretation of migration flows that have characterised the various native speakers of this language. In applied linguistics, dialectrometric results obtained from this analysis constitute a reliable basis for the implementation of a language policy adapted to this community. Yémba is an East-Grassfield Bantu language spoken by close to 100 000 people in the Ménoua Division of the West Province of Cameroon.
Le présent article traite d’un problème complexe dans l’aire linguistique Yémba. Il s’agit en fait de la détermination et de la définition des limites dialectales des différents parlers qui composent cette aire. A travers une application minutieuse de la méthode dialectométrique, le nombre exact des dialectes Yémba est scientifiquement défini et les différents rapports qui les lient les uns aux autres statistiquement définis. Cette nouvelle définition de l’aire linguistique Yémba est plus complète et plus précise que celle de Dieu et Renaud dans l’ALCAM (1983:72). Cette étude constitue sur le plan historique une étape décisive dans l’interprétation des flux migratoires qui ont caractérisé les différents peuples locuteurs de cette langue. En linguistique appliquée, les résultats dialectométriques obtenus de cette analyse constituent une base fiable pour la mise en oeuvre d’une politique linguistique adaptée à cette aire. Le Yémba est une langue bantoïde du Grassfield-Est parlée par près de 100 000 locuteurs natifs dans le département de la Ménoua à l’Ouest Cameroun.

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Created 2015-Jan-28
Changed 2015-Jan-28
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Author Gaston Nanfah
Created by Hasiyatu Abubakari
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