Grapheme Data for Bacama written with Latin script
The data here only contained the Ɓacama (Ɓwaatye) phonemes.
The data does not include the tones because there is no tone marking in the orthography; hence tone section is omitted here.
Contributor: Kaduwe N. Ornan
| Grapheme | USV | Phoneme | Status | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <aa> | 0061 0061 | /aː/ | expected | baatə ‘father’ | |
| <ai> | 0061 0069 | /ai/ | rare | mbaitə ‘cassava’ | |
| <a> | 0061 | /a/ | expected | atɨmtə ‘onion’ | |
| <bv> | 0062 0076 | /ʋ/ | rare | bvaw ‘ideophone’ | Only in ideophones |
| <by> | 0062 0079 | /bʲ/ | expected | byele ‘talking’ | |
| <b> | 0062 | /b/ | expected | baltə ‘plait’ | |
| <c> | 0063 | /tʃ/ | common | ɓacama ‘people’ | Borrowed from western Ɓwaatye |
| <dy> | 0064 0079 | /dʲ/ | expected | dyapa ‘club’ | |
| <d> | 0064 | /tˤ/ | expected | daase ‘seed’ | |
| <ee> | 0065 0065 | /eː/ | common | gbeemtə ‘hornbill’ | |
| <e> | 0065 | /e/ | expected | peke ‘broom’ | |
| <fy> | 0066 0079 | /fʲ/ | expected | fyama ‘smell’ | |
| <f> | 0066 | /f/ | expected | fara ‘stone’ | |
| <gb> | 0067 0062 | /g͡b/ = /g/ ͡ /b/ | expected | gbel ‘near’ | |
| <gy> | 0067 0079 | /gʲ/ | expected | gyeltə ‘finger’ | |
| <g> | 0067 | /g/ | expected | giɓe ‘run’ | |
| <h> | 0068 | /h/ | expected | haɓye ‘water’ | |
| <ii> | 0069 0069 | /iː/ | expected | iise ‘maggot’ | |
| <i> | 0069 | /i/ | expected | Biyara ‘groundnut’ | |
| <j> | 006A | /dʒ/ | expected | je ‘children’ | |
| <kp> | 006B 0070 | /k͡p/ = /k/ ͡ /p/ | expected | kpa ‘calabash’ | |
| <ky> | 006B 0079 | /kʲ/ | expected | kyanatə ‘poison’ | |
| <k> | 006B | /k/ | expected | kada ‘tree’ | |
| <ly> | 006C 0079 | /lʲ/ | expected | lyentə ‘work’ | |
| <l> | 006C | /l/ | expected | lagba ‘youngman’ | |
| <mb> | 006D 0062 | /ᵐb/ | expected | mbaga ‘ram’ | |
| <my> | 006D 0079 | /mʲ/ | common | myentə ‘life’ | |
| <m> | 006D | /m/ | expected | mare ‘oil’ | |
| <nd> | 006E 0064 | /ⁿd/ | expected | ndewotə ‘friend’ | |
| <ng> | 006E 0067 | /ŋ/ | expected | ngaja ‘groom’ | Western Ɓwaatye |
| <ng> | 006E 0067 | /ᵑg/ | expected | ngala ‘pull’ | |
| <ny> | 006E 0079 | /ɲ/ | expected | nyatə ‘fight’ | |
| <n> | 006E | /n/ | expected | nake ‘cow’ | |
| <oo> | 006F 006F | /oː/ | expected | ootə ‘sickness’ | |
| <o> | 006F | /o/ | expected | ome ‘stranger’ | |
| <p> | 0070 | /p/ | expected | piyatə ‘rest’ | |
| <r> | 0072 | /ɾ/ | expected | rame ‘chair’ | |
| <sh> | 0073 0068 | /ʃ/ | expected | shemtə ‘tax’ | |
| <s> | 0073 | /s/ | expected | sake ‘dog’ | |
| <ty> | 0074 0079 | /tʲ/ | expected | tyanga ‘linking’ | |
| <t> | 0074 | /t/ | expected | taa ‘money’ | |
| <uu> | 0075 0075 | /uː/ | expected | uule ‘bone’ | |
| <u> | 0075 | /u/ | expected | usəkə ‘thanks’ | |
| <v> | 0076 | /v/ | expected | vake ‘fish’ | |
| <w> | 0077 | /w/ | expected | ware ‘beans’ | |
| <y> | 0079 | /j/ | expected | yakiye ‘pepper’ | |
| <z> | 007A | /z/ | expected | zambe ‘blood’ | |
| <ɓ> | 0253 | /ɓ/ | expected | ɓole ‘rain’ | |
| <ɗ> | 0257 | /ɗ/ | expected | ɗa ‘do’ | |
| <ə> | 0259 | /ə/ | common | bəltə ‘count’ | |
| <ɨ> | 0268 | /ɨ/ | common | ɨltə ‘finding’ | |
| <ꞌ> | A78C | /ʔ/ | expected | ꞌwi-ꞌwi ‘painful’ |