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Selected languages: | Dyirbal |
UPSID number: | 8371 |
Alternate name(s): | N/A |
Classification: | Australian, Pama-Nyungan |
The languages has | 16 segments |
Frequency index: | N/A |
Sounds: | [b] [d] [ɟ] [ɡ] [r] [l] [w] [ɻ] [j] [m] [n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ä] |
Comments: | Dixon does not specify that stops are actually |
Sources: | Dixon, R.M.W. 1972. The Dyirbal Language of North |