Language name: |
MUMUYE |
UPSID number: |
4132 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Niger-Kordofanian, Adamawa |
This language has |
34 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.418481805 (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
k
kp
b
d
g
gb
b<
m
n
NW
h
v
s
S
z
Z
r
l
j
w
i
E
a
O
"o
u
i~
E~
a~
"o~
u~
f
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Comment: |
Mumuye has three level tones. Plosives and fricatives (except /f/) have a consonantal nasal release before nasalized vowels. Apparently /j/ has a palatal nasal allophone before nasalized vowels. |
Source(s): |
Shimizu, K. 1983. The Zing dialect of Mumuye: a descriptive grammar. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. |