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| Selected languages: | Chamorro |
| UPSID number: | 2416 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Austro-Tai, W. Malayo-Polynesian |
| The languages has | 26 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [*s] [f] [ts] [dz] [l] [w] [ɻ] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [æ] [ɑ] [h] |
| Comments: | Chamorro is spoken in Guam. |
| Sources: | Costenoble, H. 1935. Die Chamaro Sprache. M. Nijhoff, Seiden, W. 1960. Chamorro phonemes. Anthropological Topping, D.M. 1969. Spoken Chamorro. University of Hawaii Topping, D.M. 1973. Chamorro Reference Grammar. University |