A language with 60 consonants and 11 tonesSourced
Sixty consonants.
Eleven tones.
Nizaa, spoken in northern Cameroon, is described as having 60 distinct consonant phonemes and eleven tones. Its current number of active speakers is uncertain, and the language is considered endangered.
A remarkable range of sounds
in one language.
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