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p | b | *t | ɖ | k kʷ | ɡ ɡʷ | q qʷ | ɢ ɢʷ |
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tʃ | dʒ |
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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 |
Sources: | Hetzron, R. 1969. The Verbal System of Southern Agaw. |