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| Selected languages: | Beembe |
| UPSID number: | 4123 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Bantoid |
| The languages has | 26 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʰ] [p] [tʰ] [t] [kʰ] [s] [f] [v] [tsʰ] [ts] [pfʰ] [pf] [l] [m] [n] [ĩ] [ũ] [ɛ̃] [ɔ̃] [ä̃] [i] [u] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [h] |
| Comments: | /h/ is interpreted as a velar stop by Jacquot. |
| Sources: | Jacquot, A. 1962. Notes sur la phonologie du beembe Jacquot, A. 1981. Etudes Beembes (Congo): I Esquisse |