Ntcham language explained

Ntcham language should not be confused with Bassari language (Senegal).

Ntcham
Nativename:Basari
States:Togo, Ghana
Ethnicity:Gurma
Date:2004–2013
Ref:e26
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Gur
Fam4:Northern
Fam5:Oti–Volta
Fam6:Gurma
Lc1:bud
Ld1:Ntcham
Lc2:aks
Ld2:Akaselem
Glotto:ntch1241
Glottorefname:Gurma A
Script:Latin (Basari alphabet)
Basari Braille

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
MajusculesA B C D EEF G GB I JK KP L
Minusculesa b c d eef g gb i jk kp l
MajusculesM N NY Ŋ ŊMOO Ɔ P S TU W Y
Minusculesm n ny ŋ ŋmoo ɔ p s tu 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›.