Bangolan language
Bangolan is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
Phonology
Consonants
- is after nasals and elsewhere.
- is after nasals, ~ between vowels or after syllable-final consonants, and elsewhere.
- is after nasals and elsewhere.
- is before in open syllables and elsewhere.
- is between vowels or syllable-finally and elsewhere.
- is in labialized or palatalized syllables after nasal consonants, in labialized or palatalized syllables, after nasal consonants.
- is in labialized or palatalized syllables and elsewhere.
- is in labialized or palatalized syllables and elsewhere.
- are the only syllable-final consonants.
Vowels
does not occur in labialized or palatalized syllables, and do not occur in palatalized syllables. cannot occur in closed syllables before.Tone
Bangolan has Tone (linguistics)#Lexical [tones and grammatical tones|lexical and grammatical tone]. Lexical tone contrasts with, while grammatical tone contrasts with .There are three level tones and three contour tones. The mid tone is rare but contrasts with the high and low-falling tones.