Ambele language
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Ambele is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
Phonology
Consonants
The consonants of the Ambele language are located in the chart below.
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m, mʷ | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | oral | p | b, bʲ | t, tʷ | d | k͡p, kpʷ | ɡ͡b | k, kʷ | g, ɡʲ | ||||||
| pren. | m͡b | nt | nd | ŋ͡mg͡b | ŋk | ŋɡ | |||||||||
| Affricate | t̠ʃ, t̠ʃʲ, n̠t̠ʃ | d̠ʒ, d̠ʒʷ | |||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s, sʲ, sʷ | ɣ | h | |||||||||||
| Approximant | Median | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Lateral | l |
Vowels
There are three tones in the Ambele language. High tone, mid tone, and low tone.