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Labial
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Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
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Uvular
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Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p b         *t *d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           *n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
              *R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
                                               
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Bororo
UPSID number: 6850
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: S. American, Macro-Ge
The languages has 20 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Crowell provides only a list of phonemes;
phonetic values have been inferred from the symbols
chosen.

Sources:

Crowell, T.H. 1979. A Grammar of Bororo; PhD Thesis at
Cornell.