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. |