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| Selected languages: | Awiya |
| UPSID number: | 4359 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic |
| The languages has | 35 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [p] [b] [*t] [ɖ] [kʷ] [ɡʷ] [k] [ɡ] [qʷ] [ɢʷ] [q] [ɢ] [*s] [*z] [ʃ] [f] [*ts] [*dz] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*ɾ] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ŋʷ] [ŋ] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [æ] [ä] |
| Comments: | "Length is relevant for consonants, but geminate consonants occur relatively seldom." (Hetzron) 'Ash' can be derived from "a palatal element and /a/ at a morpheme boundary" but some forms are fossilized and can be cited to justify the 6-vowel analysis. Probably tonal. |
| Sources: | Hetzron, R. 1969. The Verbal System of Southern Agaw. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. |