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| Selected languages: | Bisa |
| UPSID number: | 4104 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Mande |
| The languages has | 24 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [s] [z] [f] [v] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɔ] [ä] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Naden, A.J. 1973. The Grammar and Semantics of Bisa. Summer Institute of Linguistics and School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Naden, A.J. 1973. The Grammar of Bisa. Ph. D. Thesis. School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, London. |