| Ambele | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2005)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ael |
| Glottolog | ambe1247 |
| ELP | Ambele |
Ambele is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.
Phonology
Consonants
The consonants of the Ambele language are located in the chart below.2
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Post- | Palatal | Labial–velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m, mʷ | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | oral | p | b, bʲ | t, tʷ | d | k͡p, kpʷ | ɡ͡b | k, kʷ | g, ɡʲ | |||||||
| pren. | m͡b | nt | nd | ŋ͡mg͡b | ŋk | ŋɡ | ||||||||||
| Affricate | t̠ʃ, t̠ʃʲ, n̠t̠ʃ | d̠ʒ, d̠ʒʷ | ||||||||||||||
| Fricative | f | s, sʲ, sʷ | ɣ | h | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | Median | j | w | |||||||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ, ʉ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
There are three tones in the Ambele language. High tone, mid tone, and low tone.
