Ghomalaʼ language

Ghɔmálá’ or Ghomala is a major Bamileke language spoken in Cameroon, originally in the following departments of the West region:

- Mifi, Koung-Khi and Hauts-Plateaux: most of the three departments (except extreme south and except pockets in the north and west)

- Menoua: east of the department

- Bamboutos: a corner in the south

It is spoken by an estimated 2 million people in two main population groups.

Consonants

 * The glottal stop only occurs as word-final.
 * Sounds are alternative consonant sounds of.
 * , when occurring before close front-central vowel sounds /i ʉ/, can sound palatalized as.
 * Sounds, when preceding a sound, are realized as affricated.
 * , when occurring before central vowel sounds, may sound affricated as.
 * A word-final sound, may be realized as uvular sounds.

Vowels

 * Sounds when occurring with a velar nasal, can be realized as nasalized vowel sounds.

Tone
Tones are marked as high, low , mid (unmarked) , rising , or falling.