- Bamum
Bamum, also spelled Bamoum, Bamun, or Bamoun, may refer to:
*TheBamum language
*TheBamum people
*TheBamum kingdom
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Bamum — Bamum, Stammesgruppe im Kameruner Grasland, etwa 100 000 Menschen. Die Bamum sind islamisiert, haben jedoch ihre alten Glaubensvorstellungen weitgehend beibehalten. Sie hatten früher eine hoch entwickelte höfische Kunst, die sich besonders… … Universal-Lexikon
Bamum — Bamouns Bamouns Artisan bamoun à Foumban Populations significatives par rég … Wikipédia en Français
Bamum — ▪ people also spelled Bamoun, also called Mum, a West African people speaking a language that is often used as a lingua franca and belongs to the Benue Congo branch of the Niger Congo family. Their kingdom, with its capital at Foumban… … Universalium
Bamum — Die Bamoun (engl. Bamun; auch Mamoun, Mamoum, Bamum, Mamum) sind eine westafrikanische Ethnie in Kamerun mit ca. 215.000 Angehörigen, welche überwiegend in einem Königreich gleichen Namens leben. Sie machen damit weniger als zwei Prozent der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bamum — Bamun, Bamoun, Bamum ou Bamoum ethnie du Cameroun. Ils parlent une langue bantoue du sous groupe bantoïde. Ce sont des agriculteurs. Leur art rappelle celui de leurs voisins, les Bamiléké. Dans une production abondante et diverse (sculpture,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
bamum — Bamun, Bamoun, Bamum ou Bamoum ethnie du Cameroun. Ils parlent une langue bantoue du sous groupe bantoïde. Ce sont des agriculteurs. Leur art rappelle celui de leurs voisins, les Bamiléké. Dans une production abondante et diverse (sculpture,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Bamum language — ( Shüpamom /IPA|ʃy.paˑ.mɔm/, language Bamum ) is sometimes referred to in the French tradition as Bamoun. It is one of the Benue Congo languages of Cameroon and it has approximately 215,000 speakers. The language is particularly well known for… … Wikipedia
Bamum Scripts and Archives Project — at the Bamum Palace is engaged in a variety of initiatives, including collecting and photographing threatened documents, translating and in some cases hand copying documents, creating a fully usable Bamum computer font for the inventory of… … Wikipedia
Bamum people — The Bamum, sometimes called Bamoum, Bamun, Bamoun, or Mum, are an ethnic group of Cameroon with around 215,000 members. ReligionThe Bamum traditional religion placed great emphasis on ancestral spirits which were embodied in the skulls of the… … Wikipedia
Bamum font — A Bamum font is currently being worked on by the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project to allow printing in the unique script of the Bamum language of Cameroon. In 2006, the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project embarked on a project to create the… … Wikipedia
