Lelemi or Lefana (''Lε-lεmi, Lε-fana'') is spoken by the
Buem people in the mountainous
Volta Region
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of
Ghana
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. It belongs to the geographic group of
Ghana Togo Mountain languages (traditionally called the ''Togorestsprachen'' or Togo Remnant languages) of the
Kwa branch of
Niger–Congo.
Phonology
Consonants
* /b/ may also be heard as an implosive
“in word-initial position.
* /f/ may have a variety of allophones when preceding /w/. Most notably a bilabial fricative
¸ Although occasionally also as pharyngeal
§and glottal
fricatives among different speakers.
Vowels
References
Languages of Ghana
Ghana–Togo Mountain languages
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