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Selected languages: | Ngiyambaa |
UPSID number: | 8372 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Australian, Pama-Nyungan |
The languages has | 18 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [p] [t̪] [t] [t̠] [k] [ɾ] [l] [w] [ɻ] [j] [m] [n̪] [n] [n̠] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ä] |
Comments: | Vowels occur both long and short. Long mid |
Sources: | Donaldson, T. 1980. Ngiyambaa, The Language of the |