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Labial
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Alveolar
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Retroflex
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Plosive
p b                     k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective stops
                                 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Implosives
  ɓ       ɗ̪               ʄ   ɠ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
            ts dz                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
            *tɬʼ tsʼ                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m                     ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f       s z                             h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                       
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Close
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Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Ik
UPSID number: 4208
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, E. Sudanic
The languages has 44 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

The voiceless vowels are restricted to
word-final position, but devoicing does not seem to be
predicatble from any other factor. There may be three
level tones.

Sources:

Heine, B. 1975b. Ik - eine ostafrikanische Restsprache.
Afrika und Ubersee 59: 31-56.