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Selected languages: | Kwoma |
UPSID number: | 8602 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Papuan, Sepik-Ramu |
The languages has | 31 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [ⁿbʷ] [ⁿb] [ⁿd] [t] [ⁿɡʷ] [kʷ] [ⁿɡ] [k] [ʔ] [s] [ʃ] [ɸʷ] [ɸ] [β] [ⁿdʒ] [tʃ] [ɾ] [w] [j] [mʷ] [m] [n] [ɲ] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e] [o̞] [ɛ] [ä] [h] |
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Sources: | Kooyers, O., Kooyers, M., and Bee, D. 1971. The phonemes |