Mbembe language
Mbembe is a Cross River language of Nigeria. Odut, a divergent variety spoken in a village far South of the rest of Mbembe, had 20 speakers in 1980 and may be extinct.
Phonology
Vowels
| Phoneme/Sound | Allophones | Occurrence |
| /i/ | in closed syllables except when following /j/ or palatalized consonants | |
| /i/ | in closed syllables when following /j/ or palatalized consonants | |
| /i/ | elsewhere | |
| /u/ | in closed syllables except when following /w/ or labialized consonants | |
| /u/ | in extended syllable-pieces except when following /w/ or labialized consonants | |
| /u/ | elsewhere |