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Selected languages: | Lahu |
UPSID number: | 2510 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese |
The languages has | 35 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [b] [*tʰ] [*t] [*d] [kʰ] [k] [ɡ] [qʰ] [q] [ʔ] [ʃ] [f] [v] [ɣ] [tʃʰ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ŋ] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e] [ɘ] [o] [e̞] [ɔ] [ä] [h] |
Comments: | Lahu is spoken in Shan State Kentungare in |
Sources: | Matisoff, J.A. 1973. The Grammar of Lahu. University of |