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| Selected languages: | Po-ai |
| UPSID number: | 2405 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Austro-Tai, Li-Kam-Tai |
| The languages has | 35 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [*tʰ] [*t] [kʰ] [k] [ʔ] [*ɬ] [ʃ] [f] [v] [tʃʰ] [tʃ] [*l] [j] [m] [*n] [ŋ] [ĭ] [i] [ɨ̆] [ɨ] [ŭ] [u] [e] [ŏ] [ə] [ɛ̆] [ɛ] [ɔ̆] [ɔ] [ä̆] [ä] [äɨ] [h] |
| Comments: | Po-ai is spoken in Hienghene east coast, from |
| Sources: | Li, F-K. 1977. A Handbook of Comparative Tai. University |