Guere language

Guéré (Gere), also called Wè (Wee), is a Kru language spoken by over 300,000 people in the Dix-Huit Montagnes and Moyen-Cavally regions of Ivory Coast.

Phonology
The phonology of Guere (here the Zagna dialect of Central Guere / Southern Wè) is briefly sketched out below.

Consonants
The consonant phonemes are as follows:

Allophones of some of these phonemes include: In addition, while the nasal consonants and contrast with  and  before oral vowels, and are thus separate phonemes, before nasal vowels only the nasal consonants occur. and do not occur before nasal vowels, suggesting that historically a phonemic merger between these sounds and the nasals  may have occurred in this position.
 * is an allophone of before nasal vowels
 * is an allophone of before nasal vowels
 * is an allophone of before nasal vowels
 * is an allophone of in word-initial position
 * is an allophone of after a coronal consonant (alveolar or palatal)

Vowels
Like many West African languages, Guere makes use of a contrast between vowels with advanced tongue root and those with retracted tongue root. In addition, nasal vowels contrast phonemically with oral vowels.

Tones
Guere is a tonal language and contrasts ten tones: