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Ambele
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	5,000 (2005)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Grassfields Ambele
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ael
Glottolog	ambe1247
ELP	Ambele

Ambele is a Grassfields language of Cameroon.

Phonology

Consonants

The consonants of the Ambele language are located in the chart below.

		Bilabial		Labiodental		Alveolar		Post- alveolar		Palatal	Labial–velar		Velar		Glottal
Nasal			m, mʷ				n			ɲ				ŋ
Plosive	oral	p	b, bʲ			t, tʷ	d				k͡p, kpʷ	ɡ͡b	k, kʷ	g, ɡʲ
	pren.	m͡b				nt	nd				ŋ͡mg͡b		ŋk	ŋɡ
Affricate								t̠ʃ, t̠ʃʲ, n̠t̠ʃ	d̠ʒ, d̠ʒʷ
Fricative				f		s, sʲ, sʷ								ɣ	h
Approximant	Median									j	w
	Lateral						l

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ, ʉ	u
Close-mid	e		o
Mid		ə
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open	a

There are three tones in the Ambele language. High tone, mid tone, and low tone.