Ghomala or is a major Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, originally in the following departments of the West region:
Mifi, Koung-Khi and Hauts-Plateaux: most of the three departments (except extreme south and except pockets in the north and west) Menoua: east of the department Bamboutos: a corner in the south
Phonology Consonants LabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalPlosivevoicelessvoiced ~ ~ Affricatevoiceless ~ voiced ~ ~ FricativevoicelessNasalApproximant
The glottal stop only occurs as word-final. are allophones of . , when occurring before close front-central vowel sounds , can sound palatalized as . Sounds , when preceding a sound, are realized as affricated . , when occurring before central vowel sounds , may sound affricated as . A word-final sound, may be realized as uvular sounds .
Vowels FrontCentralBackHighMidLow
Sounds when occurring with a velar nasal , can be realized as nasalized vowel sounds .
Tone Tones are marked as high , low , mid (unmarked) , rising , or falling .
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