Cameroon

Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Previous Research -- 2. Basic Phonology -- 2.1. Overview -- 2.2. Consonants -- 2.2.1. Inventory of Unmodified Consonants -- 2.2.1.1. Contrast -- 2.2.2. Modified Consonants -- 2.2.2.1. Labialized Consonants -- 2.2.2.2. Palatalised Consonants -- 2.2.3. Phonetic Description -- 2.2.3.1. Free Variation -- 2.2.3.2. Nasal assimilation -- 2.2.3.3. Labio-dental Fricative Offglides -- 2.3. Vowels -- 2.3.1. Vowel Inventory -- 2.3.1.1. Contrast -- 2.3.2. Vowel Nasalization -- 2.3.2.1. Contrast -- 2.3.3. Vowel length -- 2.3.3.1. Contrast -- 2.3.4. Vowel Sequences -- 2.3.5. Phonetic Description -- 2.3.5.1. Free Variation -- 2.3.5.2. The Open-Mid Front Vowel -- 2.3.5.3. The High Back Vowel -- 2.4. Tone -- 2.4.1. Level and Contour Tones -- 2.4.2. Vowel Length and Tone -- 2.4.3. Function of Tone -- 2.5. Syllable Types -- 3. Phonological Structure -- 3.1. Nouns -- 3.2. Verbs -- 4. Morphophonemic Processes and Alternations -- 4.1. Noun Class Markers for 7, 8 and 19 -- 4.2. Noun Class Concord Affixes -- 4.2.1. In the Numeral System -- 4.2.1.1. The Digit One -- 4.2.1.2. Class 6 and the Digits Two, Three and Four -- 4.2.1.3. Class 10 -- 4.2.2. Glide Formation in Classes 14, 26, 8 and 19 -- 4.2.3. Vowel Harmony in Classes 2 and 6 -- 5. Conclusion -- References