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p pʰ | b | t tʰ tˠ | d ̰dˠ | k kʰ | ɡ ɡʱ |
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bʼ | tʼ | dʼ | kʼ | gʼ |
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|k |kʰ |kˠ ǀŋ̥ʰ ǀŋ̥ˀ ǀŋ̥ˀˠ | |g |gˀˠ |gˠ |g̤ |ŋ |ŋ̤ | !k !kʰ !kˠ !ŋ̥ʰ !ŋ̥ˀ !ŋ̥ˀˠ | !g !gˀˠ !gˠ !g̤ !ŋ !ŋ̤ | ǂk ǂkʰ ǂkˠ ǂŋ̥ʰ ǂŋ̥ˀ ǂŋ̥ˀˠ | ǂg ǂgˀˠ ǂgˠ ǂg̤ ǂŋ ǂŋ̤ |
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ǂǂ ǂǂkˠ ǂǂŋ̥ʰ ǂǂŋ̥ˀ ǂǂŋ̥ˀˠ ǂǂʰ | ǂǂg ǂǂgˀˠ ǂǂgˠ ǂǂg̤ ǂǂŋ ǂǂŋ̤ |
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ts tsʰ tsˠ | tsˠ ts̤ | tʃ tʃʰ tʃˠ | dʒˠ tʃ̤ |
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tsʼ | dzʼ | tʃʼ | dʒʼ |
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m mː m̤ m̰ | n | ŋ ŋˁ |
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| Selected languages: | !Xu |
| UPSID number: | 4904 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Khoisan, Northern Khoisan |
| The languages has | 141 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [b] [tˠ] [̰dˠ] [tʰ] [t] [d] [kʰ] [k] [ɡʱ] [ɡ] [bʼ] [tʼ] [dʼ] [kʼ] [gʼ] [!ŋ̥ˀˠ] [!kˠ] [!gˀˠ] [!gˠ] [!ŋ̥ʰ] [!ŋ̥ˀ] [!ŋ̤] [!ŋ] [!kʰ] [!k] [!g̤] [!g] [ǂŋ̥ˀˠ] [ǂkˠ] [ǂgˀˠ] [ǂgˠ] [ǂŋ̥ʰ] [ǂŋ̥ˀ] [ǂŋ̤] [ǂŋ] [ǂkʰ] [ǂk] [ǂg̤] [ǂg] [s] [z] [ʃ] [ʒ] [x] [tsˠ] [tsˠ] [tsʰ] [ts] [ts̤] [tʃˠ] [dʒˠ] [tʃʰ] [tʃ] [tʃ̤] [tsʼ] [dzʼ] [tʃʼ] [dʒʼ] [ǂǂŋ̥ˀˠ] [ǂǂkˠ] [ǂǂgˀˠ] [ǂǂgˠ] [ǂǂŋ̥ʰ] [ǂǂŋ̥ˀ] [ǂǂŋ̤] [ǂǂŋ] [ǂǂʰ] [ǂǂ] [ǂǂg̤] [ǂǂg] [ǀŋ̥ˀˠ] [|kˠ] [|gˀˠ] [|gˠ] [ǀŋ̥ʰ] [ǀŋ̥ˀ] [|ŋ̤] [|ŋ] [|kʰ] [|k] [|g̤] [|g] [ɾ] [w] [j] [m̰] [mː] [m̤] [m] [n] [ŋˁ] [ŋ] [õ̞ˁ] [ɔ̃ː] [ä̃ˁː] [ä̃ˁ] [o̞ˁː] [o̞ˁ] [äˁː] [äˁ] [ĩ] [ũː] [ũ] [õ] [ä̃ː] [ä̃] [iː] [i] [uː] [u] [e̞ː] [e̞] [o̞ː] [o̞] [äː] [ä] [õ̞ˁĩˁ] [ä̃ˁẽ̞ˁ] [ä̃ˁõ̞ˁ] [õ̞ˁä̃ˁ] [o̞ˁiˁ] [äˁe̞ˁ] [äˁo̞ˁ] [o̞ˁäˁ] [ẽ̞ũ] [õ̞ĩ] [ẽ̞ĩ] [ũĩ] [õ̞ä̃] [e̞u] [o̞i] [e̞i] [iä] [ui] [äe̞] [äo̞] [o̞ä] [o̞e̞] [ɦ] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Snyman, J.W. 1969. An Introduction to the !Xu Language. Snyman, J.W. 1975. Zu|'hoasi fonologie en Woordeboek. |