Lama language explained
Lama |
Nativename: | Lamba |
Region: | Togo, Benin |
Ethnicity: | Lamba |
Date: | 2006–2012 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Gur |
Fam4: | Southern |
Fam5: | Gurunsi |
Fam6: | Eastern |
Minority: | Benin |
Iso3: | las |
Glotto: | lama1275 |
Glottorefname: | Lama (Togo) |
Lama is a Gur language spoken by the Lamba people in Togo, Benin, and by a few in Ghana.
Phonology[1]
Consonants
Vowels
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Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Near-close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Close-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Open-mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ |
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Open | | | | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | | | | |
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Tones
| Toneme |
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Falling | ˦˨ |
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Level | ˨ |
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Rising | ˨˦ | |
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Alphabet
Lama alphabetUppercase | A | C | D | Ɖ | E | Ǝ | Ɛ | F | H | I | Ɨ | Ɩ | K | KP | L |
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Lowercase | a | c | d | ɖ | e | ǝ | ɛ | f | h | i | ɨ | ɩ | k | kp | l |
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Uppercase | M | N | Ŋ | Ñ | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | U | Ʋ | W | Y | |
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Lowercase | m | n | ŋ | ñ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | ʋ | w | y | | |
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References
Notes and References
- Web site: PHOIBLE 2.0 - . 2022-06-10 . phoible.org.