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Plosive
p ⁿp b ⁿb         *t *ⁿt *d             k ⁿk ɡ    
 
 
 
 
ʔ
 
Affricates
                ⁿtʃ ⁿdʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
  m           *n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
              *r            
 
 
   
 
 
   
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                               
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                   
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sibilant fricatives
            *s *ⁿs                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Approximant
                          j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
      *l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Selected languages: Sama
UPSID number: 2412
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Austro-Tai, W. Malayo-Polynesian
The languages has 32 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds:
Comments:

Sama is spoken in the Capul Island near San
Bernadino Strait, northwest Samar in the phillipines.
All vowels except schwa occur long and short and
all consonants except /h/ and /?/ may appear geminate.
Long vowels do not occur before geminates. Since
prenasalized consonants can be geminated and permit a long
vowel to precede they are treated as single consonants.
Verheijen's final diphthongs /ai,au/ are interpreted as
/aj,aw/.

Sources:

Verheijen, J.A.J. 1986. The Sama/Bajau Language in the
Lesser Sunda Islands. Pacific Linguistics, Series D, No.
70. Materials in Languages of Indonesia, No. 32, series
editor W.A.L Stokhof. Australian National University,
Canberra.