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| Selected languages: | Zulu |
| UPSID number: | 4126 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Bantoid |
| The languages has | 37 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [tʰ] [t] [kʰ] [k] [ɓ] [pʼ] [tʼ] [kʼ] [!̠k] [ɬ] [ɮ] [s] [z] [ʃ] [f] [v] [dʒ] [kʟ̝̊ʼ] [tʃʼ] [ǁk] [!kˠ] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [n̠] [i] [u] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [h] [ɦ] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Doke, C.M. 1926. The phonetics of the Zulu language. Bantu Doke, C.M. 1961. Textbook of Zulu Grammar. Longmans, Cape Rycroft, D.K. and Ngcobo, A.B. Say it in Zulu. SOAS |