Language
Bambalang language
From Wikipedia
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.
Vowels
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.
Tone
In addition, Bambalang has both lexical and grammatical tone.
Tones in Bambalang
*ā for verbs; à for other types of words
Orthography
A segmental orthography was created for Bambalang in 2007 and revised in 2012.
This record is provisional: it was compiled from the cited sources but has not yet been checked by an InsideKamer editor.
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