Language
Ghomalaʼ language
From Wikipedia
Ghomala or Ghɔmáláʼ 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
Only /m ŋ p k ʔ/ occur at syllable coda.
[v l ʃ ʒ ɣ] are allophones of /bv d tʃ dʒ ɡ/.
/t d/ may be palatalized [tʲ dʲ] before /i ʉ/.
/p b t d k/ are affricated [p͡ɸ b͡β t͡θ d͡ð k͡x] before /h/.
/ɡ/ may be affricated [ɡ͡ɣ] before /ə ɐ/.
Word-final /k/ may be realized as uvular [q χ].
Vowels
/ɐ u ɔ/ may be nasalized [ɐ̃ ũ ɔ̃] when occurring with a velar nasal /ŋ/. (onset? coda?)
/ʉ/ is realized [ʉ ~ ɯ].
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