Language name: MURSI
UPSID number: 4214
Alternate name(s): MURLE
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic
This language has 26 segments
Its Frequency index is 0.474927512 (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 m w "t "d 0D "n "r "l c dj S nj j k g N h i "e a "o u b< "d<
Comment: The language is tonal but the system is not well understood.
Source(s): Arensen, J. 1982. Murle Grammar. Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages, no. 2.
Turton, D. and Bender, M.L. 1976. Mursi. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing: 533-62.

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