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Lama language

{{Short description|Gur language of Togo and Benin}}

{{distinguish|Lamba language (Bantu)|Lama Bai language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Lama

|nativename=Lamba

|region=Togo, Benin

|ethnicity=Lamba

|speakers={{sigfig|258,000|2}}

|date=2006–2012

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Gur

|fam4=Southern

|fam5=Gurunsi

|fam6=Eastern

|minority={{flag|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

Source:{{Cite web |title=PHOIBLE 2.0 - |url=https://phoible.org/inventories/view/760 |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=phoible.org}}

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!

!Labial

!Alveolar

!Retroflex

!Palatal

!Velar

!Labial-velar

!Glottal

Nasal

|{{IPAlink|m}}

|{{IPAlink|n}}

|

|{{IPAlink|ɲ}}

|{{IPAlink|ŋ}}

|

|

Stop

|{{IPAlink|p}}

|{{IPAlink|t}}

|{{IPAlink|ɖ}}

|{{IPAlink|tʃ}}

|{{IPAlink|k}}

|{{IPAlink|k͡p}}

|

Fricative

|{{IPAlink|ɸ}}

|{{IPAlink|s}}

|

|

|

|

|{{IPAlink|h}}

Approximant

|

|{{IPAlink|l}}

|

|{{IPAlink|j}}

|

|{{IPAlink|w}}

|

= Vowels =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |

! colspan="3" |Front

! colspan="3" |Central

! colspan="3" |Back

{{Small|short}}

!{{Small|long}}

!{{Small|nasal}}

!{{Small|short}}

!{{Small|long}}

!{{Small|nasal}}

!{{Small|short}}

!{{Small|long}}

!{{Small|nasal}}

align="center" |Close

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|i}}

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|iː}}

|{{IPAlink|ĩ}}

|{{IPAlink|ɨ}}

|{{IPAlink|ɨː}}

|{{IPAlink|ɨ̃}}

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|u}}

|{{IPAlink|uː}}

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|ũ}}

Near-close

|{{IPAlink|ɪ}}

|{{IPAlink|ɪː}}

|{{IPAlink|ɪ̃}}

|

|

|

|{{IPAlink|ʊ}}

|{{IPAlink|ʊː}}

|{{IPAlink|ʊ̃}}

Close-mid

|{{IPAlink|e}}

|{{IPAlink|eː}}

|{{IPAlink|ẽ}}

| rowspan="2" |{{IPAlink|ə}}

| rowspan="2" |{{IPAlink|əː}}

| rowspan="2" |{{IPAlink|ə̃}}

|{{IPAlink|o}}

|{{IPAlink|oː}}

|{{IPAlink|õ}}

align="center" |Open-mid

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|ɛ}}

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|ɛː}}

|{{IPAlink|ɛ̃}}

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|ɔ}}

|{{IPAlink|ɔː}}

| align="center" |{{IPAlink|ɔ̃}}

Open

|

|

|

|{{IPAlink|a}}

|{{IPAlink|aː}}

|{{IPAlink|ã}}

|

|

|

= Tones =

class="wikitable"

!

!Toneme

Falling

|˦˨

Level

|˨

Rising

|˨˦

Alphabet

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Lama alphabet{{sfn|alphabet, SIL 2014}}

--

! Uppercase

| A

CDƉE

| Ǝ

ƐFHI

| Ɨ

ƖKKPL
--

! Lowercase

| a

cdɖe

| ǝ

ɛfhi

| ɨ

ɩkkpl
--

! Uppercase

| M

NŊÑO

| Ɔ

PRST

| U

ƲWY
-

! Lowercase

| m

nŋño

| ɔ

prst

| u

ʋwy

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite web |author=SIL International |url=http://lama.webonary.org/ |title=Classement alphabétique pour la langue lama |website=Dictionnaire lama |year=2014 |ref={{harvid|alphabet, SIL 2014}}}}

{{Languages of Benin}}

{{Languages of Togo}}

{{Gur languages}}

Category:Languages of Benin

Category:Languages of Togo

Category:Gurunsi languages

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