Language
Baca language
From Wikipedia
The Baca language, Nubaca, is a Bantu language of Cameroon spoken in the village of Bongo, in the Bokito subdivision.
Phonology
Consonants
The following table shows the consonants of Baca.
Vowels
Baca distinguishes length in all vowels except /e/. Baca also exhibits vowel harmony based on tongue root position, separating vowels into two categories, /i u e o/ [+ATR] and /ɪ ʊ ɛ ɔ a/ [-ATR], and requires that vowels in the noun root agree in tongue root position. [-ATR] and [+ATR] vowels never occur in the same root, except /a/ which can appear in [+ATR] environments and is realized as [ɜ].
Tone
Baca has an underlying two tone system, high and low.
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