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Plosive
   b         t d             k ɡ ɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
Nasal
   m           n                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f       s             ʝ                 h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                               w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Amele
UPSID number: 8635
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Papuan, Trans-New Guinea
The languages has 20 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [ɡ͡b] [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [s] [f] [ʝ] [l] [w] [m] [n] [i] [u] [ɛ] [ɔ] [æ] [h]
Comments: Amele is spoken between the Gum and Gogol rivers, just south of Madang, Papua New Guinea. All V + V sequences occur but some under limited conditions; the six sequences beginning with a nonhigh vowel and ending with a high vowel are monosyllabic, the others bisyllabic. Stress on monomorphemic words falls on the first closed syllable (usually the final one) or, failing that, on the first syllable. In inflected verbs and possessed nouns stress placement is grammatically or lexically determined.
Sources: Roberts, J.R. 1987. Amele. Croom Helm, London.