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| Selected languages: | Xiamen |
| UPSID number: | 2504 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic |
| The languages has | 25 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [b] [*tʰ] [*t] [*d] [kʰ] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [*s] [*tsʰ] [*ts] [*dz] [dʒ] [m] [*n] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɔ] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | Xiamen is spoken in the southern Fujian, |
| Sources: | (Hanyu Fangyan Gaiyao) 1960. [Outline of Chinese |