| Mbama | |
| Also Known As: | Mbamba, Ombamba, Mbaama, Mbaamba |
| Nativename: | lembaama |
| States: | Republic of Congo, Gabon |
| Region: | Haut-Ogooué in Gabon |
| Ethnicity: | Mbama people |
| Date: | 2000–2004 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Bantu (Zone B) |
| Fam6: | Mbete languages (B.60) |
| Iso3: | mbm |
| Glotto: | omba1241 |
| Guthrie: | B.62 |
| Person: | ombaama |
| People: | ambaama |
| Language: | lembaama |
Mbama is a Bantu language spoken in the Bambama District (Lekoumou Region) of the Republic of Congo and in Haut-Ogooué Province in Gabon by the Mbama people.
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
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| Prenasalized | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | |
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| High | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ |
Mbama also has two tones;[1] high, and low.