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Selected languages: | Dizi |
UPSID number: | 4363 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Omotic |
The languages has | 30 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [b] [*t] [*d] [k] [ɡ] [*tʼ] [kʼ] [*s] [*z] [ʃ] [ʒ] [β] [f] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*tsʼ] [tʃʼ] [*R] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ɐ] [ä] [h] |
Comments: | Allen reports that Dizi has a three-level tone |
Sources: | Allen, E.J. 1976b Dizi. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The |