ABSTRACT
Kwakum is a very unusual Bantu language of the A90 group, spoken in the East province of Cameroon in contact with Makaa (Bantu A83), Pol (Bantu A92), Gbaya (Gbaya-Ngbaka-Manza) and Baka (Ubangi). It is noteworthy for its complex tone system, its exuberant wealth of alternative constructions in the noun phrase, its dual pronouns, its ambipositions, the many tonal allomorphs of verb stems in the conjugation and its noun class system that has been reduced in interesting ways. This chapter provides a basic analysis of the phonology, tone system, morphology and syntax of Kwakum.
