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| Selected languages: | Ainu |
| UPSID number: | 2140 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Ural-Altaic, Ainu |
| The languages has | 16 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [t] [k] [s] [tʃ] [ɾ] [w] [j] [m] [n] [i] [u] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | Ainu is spoken rpimarily in Japan, but th ere |
| Sources: | Patrie, J. 1982. The genetic relationship of the Ainu Simeon, G. 1969. Hokkaido Ainu phonemics. Journal of the |