Ntcham language
Ntcham, or Basari, is a language of the Gurma people in Togo and Ghana. Akaselem is frequently listed as a separate language.
Phonology
The phonology used by Chanard and Hartell is given below. Abbott and Cox had a similar phonology, though the non labial-velar voiceless plosives were analyzed as aspirated, and vowel length was not distinguished. Badie analyzes and as and and also includes phonemic, vowel lengths, and nasalized vowels.Tones
Ntcham also has high, low, and mid tones.Writing System
Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter ‹aa, ii, ɔɔ, uu› and two vowels are always long ‹ee, oo›.The tones are represented by acute accents for high tone and grave accents for low tone, on the vowels and the consonants m, n, b, l : ‹ḿ, ń, b́, ĺ›, ‹m̀, ǹ, b̀, l̀›.