title: Lama language
text: # Lama language
  
  Lama is a Gur language spoken by the Lamba people in Togo, Benin, and by a few in Ghana.
  
  ## Phonology
  
  ### Consonants
  
  | | Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nasal | m | n | | ɲ | ŋ | | |
  | Stop | p | t | ɖ | tʃ | k | k͡p | |
  | Fricative | ɸ | s | | | | | h |
  | Approximant | | l | | j | | w | |
  
  ### Vowels
  
  | | Front | Front | Front | Central | Central | Central | Back | Back | Back |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | short | long | nasal | short | long | nasal | short | long | nasal |
  | Close | i | iː | ĩ | ɨ | ɨː | ɨ̃ | u | uː | ũ |
  | Near-close | ɪ | ɪː | ɪ̃ | | | | ʊ | ʊː | ʊ̃ |
  | Close-mid | e | eː | ẽ | ə | əː | ə̃ | o | oː | õ |
  | Open-mid | ɛ | ɛː | ɛ̃ | ə | əː | ə̃ | ɔ | ɔː | ɔ̃ |
  | Open | | | | a | aː | ã | | | |
  
  ### Tones
  
  | | Toneme |
  | - | - |
  | Falling | ˦˨ |
  | Level | ˨ |
  | Rising | ˨˦ |
  
  ## Alphabet
  
  Lama alphabet :
  
  | Uppercase | A | C | D | Ɖ | E | Ǝ | Ɛ | F | H | I | Ɨ | Ɩ | K | KP | L |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Lowercase | a | c | d | ɖ | e | ǝ | ɛ | f | h | i | ɨ | ɩ | k | kp | l |
  | Uppercase | M | N | Ŋ | Ñ | O | Ɔ | P | R | S | T | U | Ʋ | W | Y | |
  | Lowercase | m | n | ŋ | ñ | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | ʋ | w | y | |
  