Ntcham, or Basari, is a language of the Gurma people in Togo and Ghana. Akaselem (Tchamba) is frequently listed as a separate language.
The phonology used by Chanard and Hartell is given below. Abbott and Cox (1966) had a similar phonology, though the non labial-velar voiceless plosives were analyzed as aspirated, and vowel length was not distinguished. Badie (1995) analyzes and as and and also includes phonemic , vowel lengths, and nasalized vowels.
Ntcham also has high, low, and mid tones.
Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter â¹aa, ii, ÃÂÃÂ, uu⺠and two vowels are always long â¹ee, ooâº. 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 : â¹ḿ, à Â, bÃÂ, úâº, â¹mÃÂ, ù, bÃÂ, lÃÂâº.