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Bassa alphabets[edit | edit source]
- A - a - [a]
- B - be - [b]
- Ɓ - ɓe - [ɓ/ⁿb]
- C - ce - [c]
- D - de - [d]
- Đ - ɖe - [ɖ/ɺ]
- Dy - dye - [dʲ/ɲ]
- Ɛ - ɛ - [ɛ]
- E - e - [e]
- F - ef - [f]
- G - ge - [g]
- Gb - gbe - [ɡ͡b/ŋ͡m]
- Gm - gme - [g͡m]
- H - ha - [h]
- Hw - hwa - [hʷ]
- I - i - [i]
- J - je - [ɟ]
- K - ka - [k]
- Kp - kpe - [k͡p]
- M - em - [m]
- N - en - [n]
- Ny - eny - [ŋ]
- Ɔ - ɔ - [ɔ]
- O - o - [o]
- P - pe - [p]
- S - es - [s]
- T - te - [t]
- U - u - [u]
- V - ve - [v]
- W - we - [w]
- Xw - xwa - [xʷ]
- Z - ze - [z]
Other letters[edit | edit source]
- ã - [ã]
- ẽ - [ẽ]
- ĩ - [ĩ]
- ɔ̃ - [ɔ̃]
- ũ - [ũ]
Tones[edit | edit source]
- á - [a˥]
- à - [a˨]
- a - [a˧]
- ă - [a˨˧]
- â - [a˥˩]
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Vowels[edit | edit source]
| Oral | Nasal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Central | Back | Front | Central | Back | |
| Close | i | u | ĩ | ũ | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ɛ̃ | ɔ̃ | ||
| Open | a | ã | ||||
Consonants[edit | edit source]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-
velar |
Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ɡ͡b | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡ʃ | |||||
| voiced | d͡ʒ | ||||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ʄ | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | xʷ | h | ||
| voiced | v | z | ɣʷ | ||||
| Approximant | w | ||||||
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