Phonology
Consonants
* The glottal stop /ʔ/ only occurs as word-final. * Sounds l ʃ ʒ ɣare alternative consonant sounds of /b͡v d t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ɡ/. * /t d/, when occurring before close front-central vowel sounds /i ʉ/, can sound palatalized as ʲ dʲ * Sounds /p b t d k/, when preceding a /h/ sound, are realized as affricated ͡ɸ b͡β t͡θ d͡ð k͡x * /ɡ/, when occurring before central vowel sounds /ə ɐ/, may sound affricated as ͡ɣ * A word-final /k/ sound, may be realized as uvular sounds χVowels
* Sounds /ɐ u ɔ/ when occurring with a velar nasal /ŋ/, can be realized as nasalized vowel sounds ̃ ũ ɔ̃Tone
Tones are marked as high low central (unmarked) rising or fallingReferences
Languages of Cameroon Bamileke languages {{gras-lang-stub