Myene language
Myene is a cluster of closely related Bantu varieties spoken in Gabon by about 46,000 people. It is perhaps the most divergent of the Narrow Bantu languages, though Nurse & Philippson place it in with the Tsogo languages. The more distinctive varieties are Mpongwe, Galwa, and Nkomi.
Phonology
- /ɡ/ is also heard as in free variation when preceding vowels or semivowels depending on articulation.
- Voiced sounds /b, d, dʒ/ may also be heard as implosives in free variation across dialects.
- In the Adyumba dialect /dʒ/ may also be heard as in free variation.
- Sounds /ᶮtʃ, ᶮdʒ/ may also be heard as prenasal alveolar affricates across dialects.
- /w/ may be heard as more palatal when before front vowel sounds.
- A nasalized labio-velar sound /w̃/ may also be attested in the Mpongwe dialect.