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| Selected languages: | Kewa |
| UPSID number: | 8610 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Papuan, Trans-New Guinea |
| The languages has | 20 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ⁿb] [ⁿd] [t] [c] [ɡ] [s] [ɸ] [x] [ɺ] [ɾ] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] |
| Comments: | |
| Sources: | Franklin, K. and Franklin, J. 1962. Kewa I: phonological |