Limbum bụ asụsụ Grassfields nke Cameroon, nke nwere ọnụ ọgụgụ dị nta nke ndị na-asụ ya na Naịjirịa. Ụfọdụ na-eji ya dị ka asụsụ azụmahịa, mana ọ bụ asụsụ nne nke ndị Wimbum, ndị bi na mpaghara Donga-Mantung nke Northwest Region, n'elu okporo uzo mgbanaka.

Wimbum nwere agbụrụ atọ: agbụrụ agha nwere isi na Mbot, agbụrụ Tang na Tallah, na agbụrụ Wiya na Ndu.^[2] Obodo Wimbum ndị ọzọ gbasara gburugburu ebe ahụ, nke ọ bụla jikọtara ya na otu n'ime agbụrụ atọ ahụ. Obodo ọ bụla nwere onye isi, nke a makwaara dị ka fon, bu onye nweere onwe ya, yana ndi isi ala ma o bu ndi isi ano n'okpuru ya.^[3] Agburu atọ a na-ejikota onu na mpaghara, na-ekerịta asụsụ ahu.^[2] Ndị mmadụ bi na Nkambe Plateau, ala ahịhịa dị egwu nke nwere ugwu osisi, ihe dị ka otu kilomita n'elu oke osimiri.^[4] Ọtụtụ n'ime ha bụ ndị ọrụ ugbo, na-akụ ọka, agwa, poteto, yam, akwụkwọ nri, tomato, unere, yana plantain na kọfị n'ebe dị ala, ebe okpomọkụ.^[5][6] Ụfọdụ na-azụ ahịa, ọkachasị n'obodo Nkambé na Ndu. Ụfọdụ na-arụ ọrụ maka gọọmentị, ọkachasị na Nkambe.

Ụfọdụ ndị ọkà mmụta asụsụ na-ewere Limbum dị ka olumba atọ: asụsụ ugwu, nke etiti, na nke ndịda. Ndị na-asụ otu olumba nwere ike ịghọta ndị na-asụrụ nke ọ bụla ọzọ. Olumba atọ ahụ gafere agbụrụ atọ ahụ, ma nwee ike ịpụta site na mmetụta nke asụsụ ndị agbata obi n'ebe ugwu na ndịda.^[7] Limbum nwere njikọ chiri anya na ụfọdụ asụsụ ndị agbata obi dị ka Yamba na ndị ọzọ dị anya dị ka Bamum, Ngemba na Bamileke. Ọ dị nnọọ iche na ufodu asụsụ ndị ọzọ dị nso dị ka Bebe na Noni.^[8]

Asụsụ Limbum yiri Bekee n'ụzọ ụfọdụ, gụnyere:

• Usoro okwu bụ isiokwu-ngwaa-ihe.^[9] Dịka ọmụmaatụ, tụlee:
  • Ŋgwa Tataʹa byɛ́aʹaʹa. (usoro okwu Limbum nkịtị)^[10]
  • Nwunye Tata ebula ọka. (okwu-okwu ntụgharị Bekee, na-ejigide usoro okwu Limbum)
  • Nwunye Tata ebula ọka. (ntụgharị ya na usoro okwu Bekee)
• A na-ejikarị ngwaa enyemaka dị ka "aʹ" emepụta oge ngwaa n'ihe atụ dị n'elu.
• Enwere ike ịmepụta ajụjụ ndị a na-emeghe na ndị na-ekpebi ajụjụ; dịka. "A nda?" pụtara "Ọ bụ onye?" okwu-okwu.^[11]

Mana Limbum dị iche na Bekee n'ụzọ ndị ọzọ. Nkea bụ ole na ole:

• Limbum bụ asụsụ ụda, nke pụtara na ụda a na-asu nwere ike ịmata ọdịiche dị n'okwu ndị na-ada ụda otu. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, ụda "baa" nke a na-ekwu na ụda dị iche iche nwere ike ịpụta nna, fufu, abụọ, akpa, akụkụ na ntutu, ma ọ bụ ara.^[12]
• Usoro nnọchiaha dị nnọọ iche. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, "ye" bụ onye nke atọ na-anọpụ iche na nwoke ma ọ bụ nwanyị, na-anọchi ya na Bekee. Na onye nke abụọ, "o" pụtara ị - otu), "o" apụta ị - ọtụtụ) ọ bụghị I, "o' pụtara ị - naanị otu) na I, na "o" pụta (ị - naanị) na anyị) ma ọ bụ (ị - ọtụtụ) na I). Ọzọkwa, Limbum nwere nnọchiaha mejuputara, nke Bekee enweghị.^[13]
• Adjectives na-esochi aha ha na-agbanwe, ma nwee ike ikwughachi ya maka nkwenye. Dịka ọmụmaatụ, "e ye ye ye program" pụtara "ya-ma ọ bụ-ọ na-eri kolanut dị mma," na "e ye bi programboŋ" pụtara "ọ na-erị kolanut dị ezigbo mma".^[14]
• A na-emepụta ajụjụ ndị a site na itinye okwu a na nkwupụta, dịka na "Ndi ã du a?", nke pụtara "Ndi apuola, ọ bụ ya?" okwu-maka okwu - obere ihe mgbagwoju anya karịa ntụgharị ngwaa Bekee.^[15] Nkwupụta na-agọnahụ ya yiri n'asụsụ.^[16]
• Okwu amuma ise nke Limbum anaghị adaba n'okwu amuma bekee:
  • ni: akara nke ntụziaka, soro ma ọ bụ ngwá ọrụ, dị ka " ya" ma ọ bụ "na ya".
  • mbe: akara nke ebe, dị ka "n'ụlọ" ma ọ bụ "n'oche".
  • mba: akara ntụziaka ma ọ bụ ebe di n'elu ugwu dị ala, dị ka "da-na ndagwurugwu Tabenken".
  • ko: akara ntụziaka ma ọ bụ ebe dị elu, dị ka "ruo Ndu".
  • nje: akara ntụziaka, ebe ma ọ bụ ebe o si, dị ka "n'ụlọ akwụkwọ" ma ọ bụ "site na Douala".

1. ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages, 4th, Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Pool, p. 33.
3. ↑ Kifon, p. 2-3.
4. ↑ Pool, p. 32.
5. ↑ Ndu.
6. ↑ Nkambe.
7. ↑ Fiore, p. 2.
8. ↑ Nkwi, p. 149.
9. ↑ Nforgwei, p. 252.
10. ↑ Ndi, p. 10 and 65.
11. ↑ Nforgwei, p. 157-158.
12. ↑ Fiore, p. 78.
13. ↑ Wepngong, p. 6.
14. ↑ Nformi, p. 46-47
15. ↑ Nforgwei, p. 255.
16. ↑ Nforgwei, p. 259-260.
17. ↑ Ndi, throughout.

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