Lama is a Gur language spoken by the Lamba people in Togo, Benin, and by a few in Ghana.
Lama | |
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Lamba | |
Region | Togo, Benin |
Ethnicity | Lamba |
Native speakers | 260,000 (2006–2012)[1] |
Language family | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | Benin |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | las |
Glottolog | lama1275 |
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
Stop | p | t | ɖ | tʃ | k | k͡p | |
Fricative | ɸ | s | h | ||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
Front | Central | Back | |||||||
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short | long | nasal | short | long | nasal | short | long | nasal | |
Close | i | iː | ĩ | ɨ | ɨː | ɨ̃ | u | uː | ũ |
Near-close | ɪ | ɪː | ɪ̃ | ʊ | ʊː | ʊ̃ | |||
Close-mid | e | eː | ẽ | ə | əː | ə̃ | o | oː | õ |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɛː | ɛ̃ | ɔ | ɔː | ɔ̃ | |||
Open | a | aː | ã |
Toneme | |
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Falling | ˦˨ |
Level | ˨ |
Rising | ˨˦ |
Uppercase | A | C | D | Ɖ | E | Ǝ | Ɛ | F | H | I | Ɨ | Ɩ | K | KP | L |
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Lowercase | a | c | d | ɖ | e | ǝ | ɛ | f | h | i | ɨ | ɩ | k | kp | l |
Uppercase | M | N | Ŋ | Ñ | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | U | Ʋ | W | Y | |
Lowercase | m | n | ŋ | ñ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | ʋ | w | y |
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