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| Selected languages: | Iai |
| UPSID number: | 2422 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Austro-Tai, E. Malayo-Polynesian |
| The languages has | 52 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ɡ͡b] [p] [b] [*t] [*d] [ʈ] [ɖ] [k] [ɡ] [*s] [ʃ] [ɸ] [β] [f] [θ] [ð] [x] [tʃ] [dʒ] [ɭ̥] [ɭ] [ʍ] [w] [ɹ] [ŋ̥͡m̥] [ŋ͡m] [m̥] [m] [*n] [ɳ̥] [ɳ] [ɲ̥] [ɲ] [ŋ̊] [ŋ] [y] [iː] [i] [uː] [u] [eː] [e] [oː] [o] [œ] [ɛː] [ɛ] [ɔː] [ɔ] [æː] [æ] [h] |
| Comments: | Iai is spoken in Ouvea Island, Loyality Islands |
| Sources: | Haudricourt, A.G. 1971. New Caledonia and the Loyalty Ozanne-Rivierre, F. 1976. Le Iaai. SELAF, Paris. Tryon, D.T. 1968. Iai Grammar (Pacific Linguistics, Series |