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Selected languages: | Klao |
UPSID number: | 4133 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Kru |
The languages has | 27 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [p] [b] [*t] [*d] [*s] [f] [cç] [ɟʝ] [w] [ĩ] [ũ] [ẽ̞] [õ] [ɛ̃] [ɔ̃] [ä̃] [i] [u] [e] [o] [e̞] [o̞] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] |
Comments: | Nasal consonants surface as the allophones of |
Sources: | Singler, J.V. 1979. The segmental phonology of verb |