# Vute language
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{{short description|Mambiloid language of Cameroon}}
{{infobox language
|name=Vute
|states=[Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)
|region=
|speakers=21,000
|date=1997
|ref=e18
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[Atlantic–Congo](/source/Atlantic%E2%80%93Congo)
|fam3=[Benue–Congo](/source/Benue%E2%80%93Congo)
|fam4=[Mambiloid](/source/Mambiloid_languages)
|fam5=Mambila–Konja
|fam6=Mambila–Vute
|fam7=Tep–Vute
|fam8=Vute languages
|iso3=vut
|glotto=vute1244
|glottorefname=Vute
}}
'''Vute''' is a [Mambiloid language](/source/Mambiloid_language) of [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon) and [Gabon](/source/Gabon), with a thousand speakers in [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria). The [orthography](/source/orthography) was [standardized](/source/Standard_language) on March 9, 1979.[{{Cite journal|last=Thwing|first=Rhonda|orig-year=1981|year=2004|title=Vute Orthography Statement|url=https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/11/55/22/115522908478046307089743534852515072088/VuteOrthography.pdf|journal=General Alphabet of Cameroonian Languages}}][{{Cite book |last=Thwing |first=Rhonda Ann |title=The Vute Noun Phrase and the Relationship Between Vute and Bantu (Cameroon) |publisher=Ann Arbor: UMI |year=1987}}]
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! colspan="2" | [Labial](/source/Labial_consonant)
! colspan="2" | [Dental](/source/Dental_consonant)/
[Alveolar](/source/Alveolar_consonant)
! colspan="2" | [Post-
alveolar](/source/Postalveolar)
! rowspan=2| [Palatal](/source/Palatal_consonant)
! colspan=2| [Velar](/source/Velar_consonant)
! rowspan=2| [Labial–
velar](/source/Labial%E2%80%93velar_consonant)
! colspan="2" | [Glottal](/source/glottal_consonant)
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!plain || [lab.](/source/labialization){{efn|name=labialized|Only vowels /i/ /e/ /a/ may follow a labialized consonant.}}
!plain || [lab.](/source/labialization){{efn|name=labialized}}
!plain || [lab.](/source/labialization){{efn|name=labialized}}
!plain || [lab.](/source/labialization)
!plain || [lab.](/source/labialization){{efn|name=labialized}}
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! colspan="2" | [Nasal](/source/Nasal_consonant)
| {{IPA link|m}} {{angbr|m}}
| {{IPA link|mʷ}} {{angbr|mw}}
| {{IPA link|n}} {{angbr|n}}
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|{{IPA link|ɲ}} {{angbr|ny}}
| {{IPA link|ŋ}} {{angbr|ŋ}}
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! colspan="2" | [Implosive](/source/Implosive_consonant)
| {{IPA link|ɓ}} {{angbr|ɓ}}
| {{IPA link|ɓʷ}} {{angbr|ɓw}}
| {{IPA link|ɗ}} {{angbr|ɗ}}
| {{IPA link|ɗʷ}} {{angbr|ɗw}}{{efn|name=Doume|Doume dialect only.}}
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! rowspan="3" | [Plosive](/source/Plosive)/
[Affricate](/source/Affricate)
! [voiceless](/source/voicelessness)
| {{IPA link|p}} {{angbr|p}}
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| {{IPA link|t}} {{angbr|t}}
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| {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} {{angbr|c}}
| {{IPA link|t͡ʃʷ}} {{angbr|cw}}{{efn|name=Doume&eastern}}
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| {{IPA link|k}} {{angbr|k}}
| {{IPA link|kʷ}} {{angbr|kw}}
| {{IPA link|k͡p}} {{angbr|kp}}
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! [voiced](/source/voice_(phonetics))
| {{IPA link|b}}{{Efn|becomes a fricative [β] intervocalically. [ŋgáb] "they" -> [ŋgáβè] "their"|name=intervocalic fricative}}{{angbr|b}}
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| {{IPA link|d}} {{angbr|d}}
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| {{IPA link|d͡ʒ}} {{angbr|j}}
| {{IPA link|d͡ʒʷ}} {{angbr|jw}}{{efn|name=Doume&eastern}}
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| {{IPA link|g}}{{Efn|becomes a fricative [ɣ] intervocalically. [ɡè nɨ] "to carry" -> [ɲdʒɨ̀ɨ̀ɣɨ̀βɨ̀] "of leprosy"|name=intervocalic}}{{angbr|g}}
| {{IPA link|gʷ}} {{angbr|gw}}
| {{IPA link|ɡ͡b}} {{angbr|gb}}
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! [prenasalized](/source/Prenasalized_consonant)
| {{IPA link|ᵐb}} {{angbr|mb}}
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| {{IPA link|ⁿd}} {{angbr|nd}}
| {{IPA link|ⁿdʷ}} {{angbr|ndw}}{{efn|name=Doume&eastern|Doume and eastern dialects only.}}
| {{IPA link|ⁿd͡ʒ}} {{angbr|nj}}{{efn|name=low frequency}}
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| {{IPA link|ᵑg}} {{angbr|ŋg}}
| {{IPA link|ᵑgʷ}} {{angbr|ŋgw}}
| {{IPA link|ᵑᵐɡ͡b}} {{angbr|mgb}}{{efn|name=low frequency}}
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! rowspan="3" | [Fricative](/source/Fricative)
! [voiceless](/source/voicelessness)
| {{IPA link|f}} {{angbr|f}}
| {{IPA link|fʷ}} {{angbr|fw}}{{efn|name=Doume}}
| {{IPA link|s}} {{angbr|s}}
| {{IPA link|sʷ}} {{angbr|sw}}{{efn|name=Doume&eastern}}
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| {{IPA link|h}} {{angbr|h}}
| {{IPA link|hʷ}} {{angbr|hw}}{{efn|Central dialects only}}
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! [voiced](/source/voice_(phonetics))
| {{IPA link|v}} {{angbr|v}}
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! [prenasalized](/source/Prenasalized_consonant)
| {{IPA link|ᶬv}} {{angbr|mv}}{{efn|name=low frequency|Low frequency[{{Cite web|url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/837|title=PHOIBLE 2.0 -|website=phoible.org|access-date=2020-02-01}}]}}
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! colspan="2" |[Rhotic](/source/Rhotic_consonant)
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|({{IPA link|ɾ}}~{{IPA link|r}}){{efn|initially: [leè] "wall; intervocalically: [tòɾò] "papaya'; finally: [bɨ́r] "oil palm tree"}}
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! colspan="2" | [Approximant](/source/Approximant)
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| {{IPA link|l}} {{angbr|l}}
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| {{IPA link|j}} {{angbr|y}}
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| {{IPA link|w}} {{angbr|w}}
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===Tones===
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