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| Selected languages: | Amharic |
| UPSID number: | 4352 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic |
| The languages has | 37 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [b] [*t] [*d] [kʷ] [ɡʷ] [k] [ɡ] [pʼ] [*tʼ] [kʷʼ] [kʼ] [*sʷ] [*s] [*z] [ʃ] [ʒ] [f] [tʃ] [dʒ] [tʃʼ] [ɾ] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ɲ] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] [hʷ] [h] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Klingenheben, A. 1966. Deutsch-Amharischer Sprachfuhrer. Leslau, Q. 1968. Amharic Textbook. University of Summer, C. 1957. Etude Experimentale de L'Amharique |