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Plosive
 p b         t d         c ɟ k k͡p ɡ ɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Nasal
   m           n               ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f v     s z                             h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Birom
UPSID number: 4120
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Plateau
The languages has 29 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [p] [b] [t] [d] [c] [ɟ] [k] [ɡ] [s] [z] [f] [v] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Birom has 3 level tones. Palatal stops are
"lightly affricated" (Bouquiaux). A large number of Cw
and Cj sequences are created by noun class infixes -w- and
-j-. These are not interpreted as labialized or
palatalized consonants.
Sources:

Boquiaux, L. 1970. La Langue Birom (Nigeria
septentrional) Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntaxe.
Bibliotheque de la Faculte de Philosophie et Lettres de
l'Universite de Liege, Liege.

Wolff, H. 1959. Subsystem typologies and area linguistics.
Anthropological Linguistics 1/7: 1-88.