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Use base consonants only
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p b ⁿb         t d ⁿd             k k͡p ɡ ɡ͡b ⁿɡ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
            ts dz                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
                                   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
              R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f v     s z ʃ ʒ         x ɣ                
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Kpan
UPSID number: 4135
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Jukunoid
The languages has 34 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments: A number of consonants analyzed by Shimizu as Cw and Cj clusters have been included as single segments here since they are phonetically single segments. Prenasalized stops occur only before oral vowels; plain nasals occur before nasalized vowels and these are regarded as allophones of the prenasalized stops. Kpan has 3 level tones.
Sources: Shimizu, K. 1971. The Kente dialect of Kpan (chapter 1). Research Notes (Dept. of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ibadan) 4.2/3: 1-36.