Phonology
The phonology consists of the following:Consonants
* Sounds /ɾ/ and /ⱱ/ are very rare in word-initial position. * /ⁿz/ can be heard in free variation as a prenasal affricate sound d͡ʒ * is only heard in free variation of /j/. * /j/ can be heard as when preceding a nasal vowel.Vowels
* /a/ can have an allophone of when in complementary distribution. * The nasalization of /ɛ̃/ may also be heard more lower as ̃in free variation.Writing system
The tones are indicated on the letters using diacritics: * the middle tone is indicated using the umlaut: ; * the high tone is indicated using the circumflex accent: .References
Gbaya languages Languages of the Central African Republic Languages of Cameroon {{gbaya-lang-stub