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 p ⁿp b ⁿb         *t *ⁿt *d             k ⁿk ɡ    
 
 
 
 
 ʔ
 
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                 tʃ ⁿtʃ dʒ ⁿdʒ                
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   m           *n           ɲ   ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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               *r            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
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                                             h  
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             *s *ⁿs                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                           j   w                
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       *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: [ⁿp] [ⁿb] [p] [b] [*ⁿt] [*t] [*d] [ⁿk] [k] [ɡ] [ʔ] [*ⁿs] [*s] [ⁿtʃ] [ⁿdʒ] [tʃ] [dʒ] [*r] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [ɲ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [e̞] [ə] [o̞] [ä] [h]
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.