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| Selected languages: | Mursi |
| UPSID number: | 4214 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, E. Sudanic |
| The languages has | 26 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [b] [*t] [*d] [c] [ɟ] [k] [ɡ] [ɓ] [*ɗ] [ʃ] [θ] [*r] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | The language is tonal but the system is not well |
| Sources: | Arensen, J. 1982. Murle Grammar. Occasional Papers in the Turton, D. and Bender, M.L. 1976. Mursi. In M.L. Bender |