Mbama language

{{Infobox language

|name=Mbama

|altname=Mbamba, Ombamba, Mbaama, Mbaamba

|nativename=lembaama

|states=Republic of Congo, Gabon

|region= Haut-Ogooué in Gabon

|ethnicity=Mbama people

|speakers={{sigfig|24800|2}}

|date=2000–2004

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Mbete languages (B.60)

|iso3=mbm

|glotto=omba1241

|guthrie=B.62

}}

{{Infobox ethnonym|person=ombaama|people=ambaama|language=lembaama|}}

Mbama is a Bantu language spoken in the Bambama District (Lekoumou Region) of the Republic of Congo and in Haut-Ogooué Province in Gabon by the Mbama people.

Phonology

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Consonants{{Cite thesis\|last=Okoudowa\|first=Bruno\|title=Descrição prelimininar de aspectos da fonologia e da morfologia do lembaama\|date=2005\|degree=MA\|publisher=University of São Paulo\|doi=10.11606/D.8.2005.tde-11032008-121559 \|url=https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8139/tde-11032008-121559/pt-br.php\|doi-access=free}} ! !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar
Plosive \|{{IPA link\|p}} {{IPA link\|b}} \|{{IPA link\|t}} {{IPA link\|d}} \|{{IPA link\|tʃ}} {{IPA link\|dʒ}} \|{{IPA link\|k}} {{IPA link\|g}}
Prenasalized \|{{IPA link\|ᵐp}} {{IPA link\|ᵐb}}, {{IPA link\|ᵐf}} {{IPA link\|ᵐv}} \|{{IPA link\|ⁿt}} {{IPA link\|ⁿd}} \|{{IPA link\|ⁿtʃ}} {{IPA link\|ⁿdʒ}} \|{{IPA link\|ᵑk}} {{IPA link\|ᵑg}}
Fricative \|{{IPA link\|f}} {{IPA link\|v}} \|{{IPA link\|s}} \| \|
Nasal \|{{IPA link\|m}} \|{{IPA link\|n}} \|{{IPA link\|ɲ}} \|{{IPA link\|ŋ}}
Approximant \|{{IPA link\|w}} \|{{IPA link\|l}}, {{IPA link\|r}} \|{{IPA link\|j}} \|

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|+Consonants{{Cite thesis|last=Okoudowa|first=Bruno|title=Descrição prelimininar de aspectos da fonologia e da morfologia do lembaama|date=2005|degree=MA|publisher=University of São Paulo|doi=10.11606/D.8.2005.tde-11032008-121559 |url=https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8139/tde-11032008-121559/pt-br.php|doi-access=free}}

|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}}

|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}

|{{IPA link|tʃ}} {{IPA link|dʒ}}

|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}}

Prenasalized

|{{IPA link|ᵐp}} {{IPA link|ᵐb}}, {{IPA link|ᵐf}} {{IPA link|ᵐv}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿt}} {{IPA link|ⁿd}}

|{{IPA link|ⁿtʃ}} {{IPA link|ⁿdʒ}}

|{{IPA link|ᵑk}} {{IPA link|ᵑg}}

Fricative

|{{IPA link|f}} {{IPA link|v}}

|{{IPA link|s}}

Nasal

|{{IPA link|m}}

|{{IPA link|n}}

|{{IPA link|ɲ}}

|{{IPA link|ŋ}}

Approximant

|{{IPA link|w}}

|{{IPA link|l}}, {{IPA link|r}}

|{{IPA link|j}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+Vowels ! !Front !Central !Back
High \|{{IPA link\|i}} {{IPA link\|iː}} \| \|{{IPA link\|u}} {{IPA link\|uː}}
Mid-high \|{{IPA link\|e}} {{IPA link\|eː}} \| \|{{IPA link\|o}} {{IPA link\|oː}}
Mid-low \|{{IPA link\|ɛ}} {{IPA link\|ɛː}} \| \|{{IPA link\|ɔ}} {{IPA link\|ɔː}}
Low \| \|{{IPA link\|a}} {{IPA link\|aː}} \|

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

|+Vowels

|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}

|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}

Mid-high

|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}}

|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}

Mid-low

|{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}}

|{{IPA link|ɔ}} {{IPA link|ɔː}}

Low

|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}

Mbama also has two tones; high, and low.

References

Bibliography

{{Cite thesis|last=Okoudowa|first=Bruno|title=Morfologia verbal do lembaama|date=2010|degree=PhD|publisher=University of São Paulo|doi=10.11606/T.8.2010.tde-10112010-153708|doi-access=free|lang=pt-BR}}

External links

[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Ombamba Ombamba] at WolframAlpha

Category:Languages of the Republic of the Congo

Category:Languages of Gabon

Category:Mbete languages