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p b         *t *d             k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Ejective stops
          *tʼ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ejective affricates
                tʃʼ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           *n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
R-sounds
              *R                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f           ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Close
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Open
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:
Comments:

Fleming states "Two or three tones are phonemic
but unimportant in comparison to features of length and
stress." Vowels may appear both long and short.

Sources:

Fleming, H.C. 1976. Kefa (Gonga) Languages. In M.L. Bender
(ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African
Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing:
351-76.