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  b         *t *d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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            *tʼ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
            *tsʼ   tʃʼ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           *n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
              *R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
  β f         *z ʃ ʒ                         h  
Sibilant fricatives
            *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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:
Comments:

Allen reports that Dizi has a three-level tone
system.

Sources:

Allen, E.J. 1976b Dizi. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The
Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center,
Michigan State University, East Lansing: 377-92.