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| Selected languages: | Tera |
| UPSID number: | 4375 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic (Wuyo dialect) |
| The languages has | 48 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [pʲ] [ⁿb] [p] [b] [ⁿd] [t] [d] [ⁿɡʷ] [kʷ] [ɡʷ] [ⁿɡ] [k] [ɡ] [ɓʲ] [ɓ] [ɗ] [ʄ] [ɠ] [ɬ] [ɮ] [s] [z] [ɕ] [ʑ] [vʲ] [f] [v] [xʷ] [ɣʷ] [x] [ɣ] [ⁿɟʝ] [cç] [ɟʝ] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [ɨ] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] |
| Comments: | Tera is spoken in an area east of Gombe in |
| Sources: | Newman, P. 1970. A grammar of Tera. UCPL no. 57. |