| Language name: | KHMU? |
| UPSID number: | 2312 |
| Alternate name(s): | KAMMU |
| Classification: | Austro-Asiatic, Palaungic |
| This language has | 41 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.294305338 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p "t c k ? ph "th ch kh b< "d< h "s m "n nj N "r "l j w j* w* i e a o u i: e: E: a: O: o: u: i_: @: 3: ia i_a ua |
| Comment: | 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. |
| Source(s): | Svantesson, J. 1983. Kammu phonology and morphology. Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund, XVIII. CWK Gleerup. |