Language name: |
IK |
UPSID number: |
4208 |
Alternate name(s): |
TEUSO |
Classification: |
Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic |
This language has |
44 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.325992743 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
b
b<
m
w
f
tD
dD
dD<
nD
ts'
ts
dz
s
z
r
"tlF'
"hlF
"lF
"l
tS
dZ
nj
j
dj<
g<
k
g
k'
N
h
i
I
e
a
O
o
u
E
hi
"he
ha
"ho
hu
p
|
Comment: |
The voiceless vowels are restricted to word-final position, but devoicing does not seem to be predicatble from any other factor. There may be three level tones. |
Source(s): |
Heine, B. 1975b. Ik - eine ostafrikanische Restsprache. Afrika und Ubersee 59: 31-56. |