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Selected languages: | Kefa |
UPSID number: | 4364 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Omotic |
The languages has | 27 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [p] [b] [*t] [*d] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [pʼ] [*tʼ] [kʼ] [ʃ] [f] [tʃ] [dʒ] [tʃʼ] [*R] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [h] |
Comments: | Fleming states "Two or three tones are phonemic |
Sources: | Fleming, H.C. 1976. Kefa (Gonga) Languages. In M.L. Bender |