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Plosive
p b         t d         c ɟ k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective stops
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Implosives
  ɓ           ɗ               ɠ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
            ts                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
              ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
            s z ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Hamer
UPSID number: 4365
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Omotic
The languages has 35 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Plain and pharyngealized (possibly [-ATR])
vowels form vowel harmony sets. Plain vowels dominate in
assimilation. Hamer is possibly tonal.

Sources:

Lydall, J. 1976. Hamer. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The
Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center,
Michigan State University, East Lansing: 393-438.