Bassari language (Togo)

Ntcham
Ntcham
Basari
Native to	Togo, Ghana
Ethnicity	Gurma
Native speakers	390,000 (2004–2013)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Gurma Ntcham; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Basari alphabet); Basari Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; bud – Ntcham; aks – Akaselem
Glottolog	ntch1241

Ntcham, or Basari, is a language of the Gurma people in Togo and Ghana. Akaselem (Tchamba) is frequently listed as a separate language.

Writing System

Ntcham Alphabet
Majuscules	A	B	C	D	EE	F	G	GB	I	J	K	KP	L
Minuscules	a	b	c	d	ee	f	g	gb	i	j	k	kp	l

Majuscules	M	N	NY	Ŋ	ŊM	OO	Ɔ	P	S	T	U	W	Y
Minuscules	m	n	ny	ŋ	ŋm	oo	ɔ	p	s	t	u	w	y

Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter ‹aa, ii, ɔɔ, uu› and two vowels are always long ‹ee, oo›. The tones are represented by acute accents for high tone and grave accents for low tone, on the vowels and the consonants m, n, b, l : ‹ḿ, ń, b́, ĺ›, ‹m̀, ǹ, b̀, l̀›.

References

^ Ntcham at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Akaselem at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)

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[e26-1] Ntcham at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Akaselem at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)

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Ntcham
Basari
Native to	Togo, Ghana
Ethnicity	Gurma
Native speakers	390,000 (2004–2013)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Gur Northern Oti–Volta Gurma Ntcham
Writing system	Latin (Basari alphabet) Basari Braille
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `bud` – Ntcham `aks` – Akaselem
Glottolog	`ntch1241`