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| Selected languages: | Yay |
| UPSID number: | 2402 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Austro-Tai, Li-Kam-Tai |
| The languages has | 34 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [b] [*tʰ] [*t] [*d] [cʰ] [c] [kʰ] [k] [ʔ] [*s] [f] [θ] [*R] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ɯ] [ə] [ɛ] [ɔ] [äː] [ä] [iä] [uä] [ɯä] [h] |
| Comments: | Yay is spoken in Northwestern Vietnam and a few |
| Sources: | Gedney, W.J. 1965. Yay, a Northern Tai language in North |