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Use base consonants only
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Plosive
 p b ⁿb         t d ⁿd             k ɡ ⁿɡ    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Implosives
   ɓ           ɗ                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                 tʃ dʒ ⁿdʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
               ɾ                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
             s                               h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Lua
UPSID number: 4151
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Adamawa
The languages has 36 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ⁿb] [p] [b] [ⁿd] [t] [d] [ⁿɡ] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [ɓ] [ɗ] [s] [ⁿdʒ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [ɾ] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ĩ] [ũ] [ẽ̞] [ə̃] [õ] [ä̃] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] [h]
Comments: Lua is spoken along the middle reaches of the Chari river, Chad. Prenasalized stops occur initially in a few words but medially could be allophones of voiced stops after nasalized vowels. Implosives are realized as ? + nasal before nasalized vowels, but oral and nasalized vowels contrast after plosives. Boyeldieu (1985) recognizes complex vowels /wa, ja/ - these are interpreted as vowel sequences /ua,ia/. All vowels except 'barred i' appear long and short.
Sources: Boyeldieu, P. 1985. La Langue Lua ("Niellim") Groupe Boua - Moyen-Chari, Tchad. For the: Societe d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.