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Selected languages: | Beja |
UPSID number: | 4361 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic |
The languages has | 26 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [b] [t̪] [d̪] [ʈ] [ɖ] [kʷ] [ɡʷ] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [s̪] [ʃ] [f] [dʒ] [*R] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [n̪] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [h] |
Comments: | Vowels appear long and short. Beja has what |
Sources: | Hudson, R.A. 1974. A structural sketch of Beja. African Hudson, R.A. 1976. Beja. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The |