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Selected languages: | Nimboran |
UPSID number: | 8604 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Papuan, Trans-New Guinea |
The languages has | 18 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [p] [b] [t̪] [d̪] [k] [ɡ] [s̪] [R̪] [m] [n̪] [ŋ] [i] [ɨ] [ɯ] [e̞] [ɤ̞] [ä] [h] |
Comments: | |
Sources: | Anceaux, J.C. 1965. The Nimboran Language: Phonology and |