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p b         t d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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            ts     ʈʂ              
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           n           ɲ        
 
 
 
 
 
 
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              ɾ                                
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    f       s   ʃ   ʂ       x                  
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Approximant
                          j   w                
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      l           ʎ        
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Camsa
UPSID number: 6863
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: South American, Equatorial
The languages has 28 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Camsa is spoken in the Sibundoy valley, Putumayo
region, Colombia. Influence of Spanish has introduced a
pattern of voiced stop laxing in medial position and has
resulted in clearly establishing /f/ as a separate
phoneme.

Sources:

Howard, L. 1967. Camsa phonology. Phonemic systems of
Colombian languages, pp. 73-87. Summer Institute of
Linguistics and University of Oklahoma, Norman.

Howard, L. 1979. Fonologia del Camsa. Sistemos Fonologicos
de Idiomas Colombianos, I. SIL, Loma Linda, Colombia.

Mongui Sanchez, J.R. 1981. La Lengua Kame.ntza.
Fonetica-fonologia-textos. Publicaciones del Instituto
Caro y Cuervo LIX, Bogota.