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| Selected languages: | Ewe |
| UPSID number: | 4114 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Kwa |
| The languages has | 40 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [pʰ] [b] [t̪ʰ] [d̪] [kʰ] [ɡ] [*s] [*z] [ɸ] [β] [f] [v] [ħ] [ʕ] [t̪s̪] [d̪z̪] [ɾ̠] [*l] [j] [ɰ] [m] [*n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ĩ] [ũ] [ẽ] [õ] [ɛ̃] [ɔ̃] [ä̃] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] |
| Comments: | Post-alveolar stop /d_/ is interpreted as an |
| Sources: | Berry, J. no date a. The Pronunciation of Ewe. Heffer, Ladefoged, P. 1968. A Phonetic Study of West African Stahlke, H. 1971. Topics in Ewe phonology. Ph. D. |