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p b ⁿb     ⁿd̪ t d ⁿd             k ɡ ɡʷ ⁿɡ ⁿɡʷ    
 
 
 
 
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Ejective stops
      t̪ʼ                 kʷʼ      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  ɓ           ɗ   ɗ̠                
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        |k                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
            ts dz ⁿdz ⁿdʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral affricates
        *tɬ *dɬ                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
            *tɬʼ tsʼ   tʃʼ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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  m           n                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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              R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
  β f v   ð s   ʃ                   ħ ʕ     h  
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Approximant
                          j   w                
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      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Dahalo
UPSID number: 4372
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic
The languages has 59 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Dahalo is spoken in areas on the coast of Kenya
north of Mombasa. Vowels occur both short and long; most
consonants can be geminated. The language has a two-level
tone system.

Sources:

Tucker, A.N., Bryan M.A. and Woodburn, J. 1977. The East
African click languages: a phonetic comparison. In W.
Moehlig, F. Rottland, B. Heine (eds.), Zur
Sprachgeschichte und Ethnohistorie in Afrika. Neue
Beitraege afrikanistischer Forschungen. Dietrich Reimer
Verlag, Berlin.

Nurse, D. 1986. Reconstruction of Dahalo history through
evidence from loanwords. From Sprache und Geschichte in
Afrika. vol. 7/2: 267-305.