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Plosive
 p b         t d             k k͡p ɡ ɡ͡b    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
             ts   tʃ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
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Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
     f v     s z ʃ                           h  
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Amo
UPSID number: 4122
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Niger-Kordofanian, Plateau
The languages has 35 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] [p] [b] [t] [d] [k] [ɡ] [s] [z] [ʃ] [f] [v] [ts] [tʃ] [dʒ] [r] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [ɪ] [i] [ʊ] [u] [e] [o] [ɛ] [ɔ] [ɐ] [ä] [h]
Comments:

Di Luzio (1972) reports a two-level tone system
with rising and falling combinations. Anderson (1980)
notes downstep, and "extra high" on a few items. A larger
vowel inventory than either author reports is assumed on
the basis of field work by L. Hyman and analysis of tape
recordings.
Sources:

Anderson, S.C. 1980. The noun class sytem of Amo. In L.M.
Hyman (ed), Noun Classes in the Grassfields Bantu
Borderland. Southern California Occasional Papers in
Linguistics 8:155-178. University of Southern California:
Los Angeles.

Di Luzio, A. 1972. Preliminary description of the Amo
language. Afrika und Ubersee 56: 3-60.