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Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
p b         *t *d             k k͡p ɡ ɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affricates
                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           *n           ɲ   ŋ ŋ͡m    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                           
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
    f v       *z ʃ                              
Sibilant fricatives
            *s                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Close-mid
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Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Dagbani
UPSID number: 4110
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Voltaic
The languages has 29 segments
Frequency index: N/A
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Comments:

Sources:

Wilson, W.A.A. and Bendor-Samuel, J.T. 1969. The phonology
of the nomminal in Dagbani. Linguistics 52: 56-82.