Language name: |
LUO |
UPSID number: |
4205 |
Alternate name(s): |
|
Classification: |
Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic |
This language has |
32 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.461682373 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
b
t
d
k
g
tD0
dD6
tS
dZ
f
s
S
m
n
nj
N
l
r[
h
i
I
"e
aa
a
u
U
"o
a_)
j
w
?
|
Comment: |
? occurs principally as a predictable prevocalic element. Luo has vowel harmony opposing i,e,o,u to the remaining vowels. Gregersen posits three level tones but two basic tones are more likely. |
Source(s): |
Gregersen, E.A. 1961. Luo: A Grammar. Ph. D. Dissertation. Yale University, New Haven. |