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Plosive
  b         *t *d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Nasal
  m           *n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              *r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f           ʃ                           h  
Sibilant fricatives
            *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Nera
UPSID number: 4212
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, E. Sudanic
The languages has 22 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

All vowels also occur long, and gemination of
consonants is distinctive. "At least two significant
tones occur" (Thompson). Voiced prenasalized stops occur
and velars also occur labialized. Thompson treats these
as sequences but does not provide a reasoning. Bender
(1968) notes that these are among a longer list of
word-medial clusters.

Sources:

Bender, M.L. 1968. Analysis of a Barya word list.
Anthropological Linguistics 10.9:1-24.

Thompson, E.D. 1976. Nera. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The
Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center,
Michigan State University, East Lansing: 484-94.