| Language name: | YULU |
| UPSID number: | 4216 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic |
| This language has | 42 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.321402175 (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 b< m tD dD c dj< nj j k g N kp gb w mb ndj Ng i a u e E O o f v mv dD< dDz sD zD nD rD lD ndD nzD dj ? h Nmgb |
| Comment: | Boyeldieu posits a tone system with four level tones. Vowel length is treated as distinctive; consonants are shorter after long vowels. |
| Source(s): | Boyeldieu, P. 1987. Les Langues fer ("Kara") et Yulu du Nord Centrafricain. Esquisses Descriptives et Lexiques. Laboratoire de Langues et Civilisations a Tradition Orale, Paris. |