The Bambalang language, also called Chrambo (Chirambo, Tshirambo) or Mbawyakum (Mboyakum), is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
Phonology Consonants These phones and phonemes were enumerated by Grove in 2007 and refined by Wright in 2012.
+Phonemes Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Stop/Affricate Voiceless Voiced Fricative Voiceless Voiced Nasal Approximant
+Phones Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Stop/Affricate Voiceless Voiced Fricative Voiceless Voiced Tap Nasal ~ Approximant ~ ~
Vowels
Front Central Back Close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Open
Diphthongs In addition to simple oral and nasal vowels, Bambalang also has oral and nasal diphthongs and vowel sequences. Grove and Wright do not specify whether nasal diphthongs are truly diphthongs or vowel sequences.
Orthographic Phonemic Phonetic /ie/
Tone In addition, Bambalang has both lexical and grammatical tone.
Tones in Bambalang +ToneHigh (H)Low (L)*Rising (LH)Falling (HL)Diacriticáàāǎa *ā for verbs; à for other types of words
Orthography A segmental orthography was created for Bambalang in 2007 and revised in 2012.
+ Orthography Upper Lower Phone A a B b Ch ch D d E e Ɛ ɛ Ə ə F f G g Gh gh H h I i Ɨ ɨ J j K k L l M m , N n Ŋ ŋ , O o Ɔ ɔ P p R r Sh sh T t U u , V v W w , Y y ~’
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