Baba language

The Baba language, Supapyak’, is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.

Phonology

Baba has a V syllable structure, with syllabic nasals. The only phonemes that can occur in the final position are /p, m, ŋ, ʔ, r/ and /x/. There are no vowel-initial roots but they can form morphemes.
Between nasals and vowels, voiceless stops become voiced; a noticeable exception is /ɡ͡b/, which is its own separate phoneme. There are also some additional phonological processes that create the allophones of,,, and .

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Vowels are also punctuated with contrastive high and low tones.