Ghomalaʼ language
Ghɔmáláʼ or Ghomala is a major Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, originally in the following departments of the West region:
- Mifi, Koung-Khi and Hauts-Plateaux: most of the three departments
- Menoua: east of the department
- Bamboutos: a corner in the south
Phonology
Consonants
- The glottal stop only occurs as word-final.
- Sounds are alternative consonant sounds of.
- , when occurring before close front-central vowel sounds /i ʉ/, can sound palatalized as.
- Sounds, when preceding a sound, are realized as affricated.
- , when occurring before central vowel sounds, may sound affricated as.
- A word-final sound, may be realized as uvular sounds.
Vowels
- Sounds when occurring with a velar nasal, can be realized as nasalized vowel sounds.