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Plosive
   b     t̪ d̪                 k ɡ    
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
                 tʃ dʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m       n̪               ɲ        
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
               r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
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Fricative
     f       s   ʃ                           h  
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Approximant
                                                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Nubian
UPSID number: 4206
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, E. Sudanic
The languages has 21 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [b] [t̪] [d̪] [k] [ɡ] [s] [ʃ] [f] [tʃ] [dʒ] [r] [*l] [m] [n̪] [ɲ] [i] [u] [e̞] [o̞] [ä] [h]
Comments:

All vowels also occur long. The affricate tS
almost always occurs geminated, and might be treated as
the geminate counterpart of dZ which is never geminate.
Bell (1970) suggests a two level tone system for Nobiin.
Sources:

Bell, H. 1968. The tone system of Mahas Nubian, Journal of
African Languages, 7/1: 26-32.

Bell, H. 1971. The phonology of Nobiin Nubian. African
Language Review 9: 115-39.

Stevenson, R.C. 1957. A survey of the phonetics and
grammatical structure of the Nuba mountain languages IV.
Afrika und Ubersee 41: 27-65.