Kejom [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m], the preferred autonym for the language more commonly known as Babanki, is a Central Ring Grassfields Bantu language (ISO 693-3: [bbk]) spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon (Hyman 1980, Hammarström et al. 2017, Simons & Fennig 2017). The language is spoken mainly in two settlements shown in Figure 1, Kejom Ketinguh [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m ↓kɘ́tÍⁿɡ̀uʔ] and Kejom Keku [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m ↓kɘ́k̀u], also known as Babanki Tungoh and Big Babanki, respectively, but also to some extent in diaspora communities outside of Cameroon. Simons & Fennig (2017) state that the number of speakers is increasing; however, the figure of 39,000 speakers they provide likely overestimates the number of fluent speakers in diaspora communities. The two main settlements’ dialects exhibit slight phonetic, phonological, and lexical differences but are mutually intelligible. The variety of Kejom described here is the Kejom Ketinguh variant spoken by the second author; all data and examples which we take into account are based on his speech.

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Kejom (巴班基)

Kejom [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m]，通常被称为 Babanki 的语言的首选本名，是喀麦隆西北地区使用的中央环草场班图语 (ISO 693-3: [bbk]) (Hyman 1980, Hammarström et al. 2017 ，西蒙斯和芬尼格 2017）。该语言主要在图 1 所示的两个定居点使用，Kejom Ketinguh [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m ↓kɘ́tÍⁿɡ̀uʔ] 和 Kejom Keku [k̀ɘd͡ʒɔ́m ↓kɘ́k̀u]，也分别称为 Babanki Tungoh 和 Big Babanki，但在某种程度上也存在于海外的散居社区喀麦隆。Simons & Fennig (2017) 指出演讲者的数量正在增加；然而，他们提供的 39,000 名演讲者的数字可能高估了侨民社区中说流利的演讲者的数量。两个主要聚落的方言表现出轻微的语音、语音、和词汇上的差异，但可以相互理解。这里描述的 Kejom 变体是第二作者所说的 Kejom Ketinguh 变体；我们考虑的所有数据和例子都是基于他的演讲。