Language name: |
SEBEI |
UPSID number: |
4209 |
Alternate name(s): |
SAPINY, KUPSAPINY |
Classification: |
Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic |
This language has |
26 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.391181989 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
m
w
"t
"s
"n
"l
"r[
"r
c
nj
j
k
N
i
a
e
O
o
"@S
i_S
"@)S
4S
u
u+S
4)S
|
Comment: |
The overshort vowels are described as reduced and centralized. They do not occur word-finally but are contrastive elsewhere. |
Source(s): |
Montgomery, C. 1970. Problems in the development of an orthography for the Sebei language of Uganda. Journal of the Language Association of East Africa 1: 48-55. |