Ntcham language


Ntcham, or Basari, is a language of the Gurma people in Togo and Ghana. Akaselem is frequently listed as a separate language.

Writing System

Long vowels are indicated by doubling the letter ‹aa, ii, ɔɔ, uu› and two vowels are always long ‹ee, oo›.
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 : ‹ḿ, ń, , ĺ›, ‹m̀, ǹ, b̀, l̀›.