Ghomala | |
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Ghɔmálá’ | |
Region | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Bamileke |
Native speakers | 350,000 (2005) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bbj |
Glottolog |
ghom1247 |
Ghɔmálá’ or Ghomala 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
It is spoken by an estimated 2 million people in two main population groups.[ citation needed]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | ʔ | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||
Affricate | voiceless | p͡f | t͡s | t͡ʃ | ||
voiced | b͡v | d͡z | d͡ʒ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ( ʃ) | h | |
voiced | ( v) | ( ʒ) | ( ɣ) | |||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Approximant | lateral | ( l) | ||||
central | w | j | ||||
centralized | ɥ̈ |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | ʉ | u |
Mid | e | ə | o |
ɛ | ɐ | ɔ | |
Low | a |
Tones are marked as high [á], low [à], mid (unmarked) [a], rising [ǎ], or falling [â].