Ambele language
{{Short description|Grassfields language of Cameroon}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Ambele
|nativename=
|states=Cameroon
|speakers=5,000
|date=2005
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Volta-Congo
|fam4=Benue–Congo
|fam5=Bantoid
|fam6=Southern Bantoid
|fam7=Grassfields
|iso3=ael
|glotto=ambe1247
|glottorefname=Ambele
}}
Ambele is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
Phonology
= Consonants =
The consonants of the Ambele language are located in the chart below.{{Cite web |title=Phoible |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/1091}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! colspan="2" | ! colspan="2" |Bilabial ! colspan="2" |Labiodental ! colspan="2" |Alveolar ! colspan="2" |Post- ! colspan="2" |Labial–velar ! colspan="2" |Velar ! colspan="2" |Glottal |
| colspan="2" |Nasal
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |m, mʷ | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |n | colspan="2" | |ɲ | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |ŋ | colspan="2" | |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |Plosive
!oral | style="border-right: 0;" |p | style="border-left: 0;" |b, bʲ | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |t, tʷ | style="border-left: 0;" |d | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | |k͡p, kpʷ |ɡ͡b | style="border-right: 0;" |k, kʷ | style="border-left: 0;" |g, ɡʲ | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | |
| pren.
| colspan="2" |m͡b | colspan="2" | |nt |nd | colspan="2" | | | colspan="2" |ŋ͡mg͡b |ŋk |ŋɡ | colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Affricate
| style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |t̠ʃ, t̠ʃʲ, n̠t̠ʃ | style="border-left: 0;" |d̠ʒ, d̠ʒʷ | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| colspan="2" |Fricative
| colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" |f | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" |s, sʲ, sʷ | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |ɣ | style="border-right: 0;" |h | style="border-left: 0;" | |
| rowspan="2" |Approximant
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | style="border-right: 0;" |j | colspan="2" |w | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" | | colspan="2" | |
| Lateral
| colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | style="border-right: 0;" | | style="border-left: 0;" |l | colspan="2" | | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | | colspan="2" | |
= Vowels =
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Grassfields Bantu languages}}
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Category:Grassfields Bantu languages
Category:Languages of Cameroon
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