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| Selected languages: | Sango |
| UPSID number: | 4143 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Adamawa. |
| The languages has | 37 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ⁿɡ͡b] [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [ⁿb] [p] [b] [*ⁿd] [*t] [*d] [ⁿɡ] [k] [ɡ] [ɓ] [ⁿʒ] [ʃ] [ʒ] [ⁿv] [f] [v] [ɺ̢] [l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ũ] [ɛ̃] [ɔ̃] [ä̃] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | Sango has 3 level tones. The segments analyzed |
| Sources: | Samarin. 1967. Basic course in Sango. Samarin. 1967b. A grammar of Sango. |