Mbama language

Mbama is a Bantu language spoken in the Bambama District (Lekoumou Region) of the Republic of Congo and in Haut-Ogooué Province in Gabon by the Mbama people.

Mbama
Mbamba, Ombamba, Mbaama, Mbaamba
lembaama
Native to	Republic of Congo, Gabon
Region	Haut-Ogooué in Gabon
Ethnicity	Mbama people
Native speakers	(25,000 cited 2000–2004)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Mbete languages (B.60) Mbama
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mbm
Glottolog	omba1241
Guthrie code	B.62[2]

Person	ombaama
People	ambaama
Language	lembaama

Phonology

Consonants^[3]

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k g
Prenasalized	ᵐp ᵐb, ᵐf ᵐv	ⁿt ⁿd	ⁿtʃ ⁿdʒ	ᵑk ᵑg
Fricative	f v	s
Nasal	m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Approximant	w	l, r	j

Vowels^[3]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid-high	e eː		o oː
Mid-low	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔː
Low		a aː

Mbama also has two tones;^[3] high, and low.