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| Selected languages: | Mien |
| UPSID number: | 2517 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Sino-Tibetan, Hmong-Mien |
| The languages has | 41 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [b] [t̪ʰ] [t̪] [d̪] [cʰ] [c] [ɟ] [kʰ] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [*s] [f] [*tsʰ] [*ts] [*dz] [*l̥] [*l] [ʍ] [w] [j̊] [j] [m̥] [m] [n̪̥] [n̪] [ɲ̥] [ɲ] [ŋ̊] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɔ] [æ] [äː] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Mao, Zongwu, Meng, Chaoji, Zheng, Zorgze ed. A Study of Purnell, H.C. 1965. Phonology of a Yao Dialect. Hartford |