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 p pʰ           *t *tʰ           c cʰ   k kʰ      
 
 
 
 
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   ɓ       *ɗ                        
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   m           *n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                           j j̰   w w̰                
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       *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Khmu?
UPSID number: 2312
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Palaungic
The languages has 41 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [p] [*tʰ] [*t] [cʰ] [c] [kʰ] [k] [ʔ] [ɓ] [*ɗ] [*s] [*r] [*l] [w̰] [w] [j̰] [j] [m] [*n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [iː] [i] [ɨː] [uː] [u] [eː] [e] [ɘː] [oː] [o] [ɛː] [ɜː] [ɔː] [äː] [ä] [iä] [uä] [ɨä] [h]
Comments:

Khmu? is spoken in Burma, Laos, Thailand,
Vietman and China.
(Northern) Khmu? has a two-level tone system.
Aspirated plosives might be interpreted as Ch clusters
(Svantesson's 'deep phonology' does so) but only a few
words provide clear motivation for such an interpretation.
Sources:

Svantesson, J. 1983. Kammu phonology and morphology.
Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund, XVIII. CWK
Gleerup.