The Baba language, ''Supapyak’'', is a
Grassfields Bantu language
The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon and some parts of Taraba state, Nigeria. Better known Grassfields languages include the Easter ...
of
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
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Phonology
Baba has a (C)V(C) syllable structure, with syllabic nasals. The only phonemes that can occur in the final position are /p, m, Å‹, Ê”, r/ and /x/. There are no vowel-initial roots but they can form morphemes.
Between nasals and vowels, voiceless stops become voiced; a noticeable exception is /É¡Í¡b/, which is its own separate phoneme. There are also some additional phonological processes that create the allophones of
~d͡z ~d ~d͡ʒ and
£~g~w
Vowels are also punctuated with contrastive high and low tones.
References
External links
* ELAR archive o
Documentation of Baba'1 (Baba)
Languages of Cameroon
Nun languages
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