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Plosive
   b ⁿb         t d ⁿd             k k͡p ɡ ɡ͡b ⁿɡ ⁿɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
             ts dz ⁿdz                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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     f v ⁿv     s z                                
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                           j   w                
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Selected languages: Ewondo
UPSID number: 4141
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Bantoid
The languages has 34 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ⁿɡ͡b] [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [ⁿb] [b] [ⁿd] [t] [d] [ⁿɡ] [k] [ɡ] [*i] [*u] [s] [z] [ⁿv] [f] [v] [ⁿdz] [ts] [dz] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [e] [ɘ] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä]
Comments:

Ewondo has 3 level tones. The high vowels /i,u/
are "so high...that loud friction usually occurs with
these vowels" (Redden 1979: 8). Prenasalized obstruents
contrast with syllabic nasal + C sequences and according
to Nnomo and Mbezele syllable boundary falls before them.
The intuition of these native speakers that these are
single segments is followed here.
Sources:

Abega, P. 1970. Grammaire Ewondo. Universite Federale du
Cameroun, Departement des langues africaines et
linguistiques.

Nnomo, T.A. and Mbezele, L.E. 1982. Elements de Grammaire
Ewondo. College Liberman, Donala.

Redden, J.E. 1979. A Descriptive Grammar of Ewando. SIU
Department of Linguistics, Carbindale (?), Illinois.