The Mah language, also known as Mano, Mah, Mah-Yacouba, and Mawe, is a significant Mande language of Liberia and Guinea. It is spoken primarily in Nimba County in north-central Liberia and in Nzérékoré, Lola and Yomou Prefectures in Guinea.
Phonology Christopher Green and Steven Moran. 2014. Mann sound inventory (GM). In: Moran, Steven & McCloy, Daniel & Wright, Richard (eds.) PHOIBLE Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://phoible.org/inventories/view/1518, Accessed on 2016-11-12.)Khatchaturyan, Maria. 2015. Grammaire du mano . Mandenkan 54, 1-252.
Vowels Front Central Back oral nasal oral nasal oral nasal Close Close-mid Open-mid Open
Consonants Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labialized Velar Velar-Labial Nasals Plosives voiceless voiced Implosive Fricatives voiceless voiced Approximants
Tones The language has nine register and contour tones.
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See also Languages of Liberia
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