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Selected languages: | Aghem |
UPSID number: | 4134 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Bantoid |
The languages has | 35 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [s] [z] [f] [ɣ] [ts] [dz] [tʃ] [dʒ] [bv] [l] [w] [j] [ŋ͡m] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ɪ] [i] [ʊ] [u] [e] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [ɒ] |
Comments: | Aghem has two level tones. A falling tone is |
Sources: | Hyman, L.M. 1979. Part I: Phonology and noun structure. |