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Selected languages: | Epena pedee |
UPSID number: | 6811 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | S. American, Paezan |
The languages has | 31 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [b] [tʰ] [t] [d] [kʰ] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [s] [tʃ] [ɾ] [r] [β̞] [j] [ĩ] [ɨ̃] [ɨ̃] [ũ] [ẽ] [õ] [ä̃] [i] [ɪ̈] [ɨ] [u] [e] [o] [ä] [h] |
Comments: | Saija is spoken in Colombia with a main group of |
Sources: | Harms, P.L. 1984. Fonologia del Epena Pedee (Saija). Harms, P.L. 1985. Epena Pedee (Saija): Nasalization. From |