The Baba language, SupapyakâÂÂ, is a Grassfields Bantu language of Cameroon.
Baba has a (C)V(C) syllable structure, with syllabic nasals. The only phonemes that can occur in the final position are /p, m, Ã Â, ÃÂ, r/ and /x/. There are no vowel-initial roots but they can form morphemes.
Between nasals and vowels, voiceless stops become voiced; a noticeable exception is /ááb/, which is its own separate phoneme. There are also some additional phonological processes that create the allophones of [r~dáz], [l~d], [j~dáÃÂ], and [ã~g~w].
Vowels are also punctuated with contrastive high and low tones.