Language name: | ZULU |
UPSID number: | 4126 |
Alternate name(s): | |
Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Bantoid |
This language has | 37 segments |
Its Frequency index is | 0.344100198 (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' p b< /s th t' t ! # k k' kh klF' dZ tS' f v s z S m n n_ l lF hlF r h hh w j i E a O u |
Comment: | |
Source(s): | Doke, C.M. 1926. The phonetics of the Zulu language. Bantu Studies Special number. Doke, C.M. 1961. Textbook of Zulu Grammar. Longmans, Cape Town. Rycroft, D.K. and Ngcobo, A.B. Say it in Zulu. SOAS London. |