Mbembe is a Cross River language of Nigeria. Odut,Blench (2013) An Atlas of Nigerian Languages a divergent variety spoken in a village far South of the rest of Mbembe, had 20 speakers in 1980 and may be extinct.
Phonology Consonants BilabialLabio-dentalAlveolarPalatalVelarLabio-velarNasalplainmnɲŋfortismːnːPlosive/Affricatevoicelessptt͡ʃkk͡pvoicedbdd͡ʒɡɡ͡bfortistːkːk͡pːFricativevoicelessɸfsvoicedβvfortisfːsːTapɾApproximantljw
Vowels FrontCentralBackHighi(ɨ)uNear-high(ɪ)(ʊ)High-mide eːo oːLow-midɛɔ ɔːLowa aː Phoneme/SoundAllophonesOccurrence/i/ [i][ɨ]in closed syllables except when following /j/ or palatalized consonants[ɪ]in closed syllables when following /j/ or palatalized consonants[i]elsewhere/u/ [u][u̟]in closed syllables except when following /w/ or labialized consonants[ʊ]in extended syllable-pieces except when following /w/ or labialized consonants[u]elsewhere
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