Language name: | BEEMBE |
UPSID number: | 4123 |
Alternate name(s): | |
Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Bantoid |
This language has | 26 segments |
Its Frequency index is | 0.361248508 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: | ph p kh pfh pf tsh ts f v s h m i i~ E E~ a a~ O O~ u u~ t th n l |
Comment: | /h/ is interpreted as a velar stop by Jacquot. |
Source(s): | Jacquot, A. 1962. Notes sur la phonologie du beembe (Congo). Journal of African Languages 1: 232-42. Jacquot, A. 1981. Etudes Beembes (Congo): I Esquisse linguistique, II Devinettes et proverbes. Travaux et Documents de l'ORSTOM. ORSTOM, Paris. |