Language name: | DAJU |
UPSID number: | 4225 |
Alternate name(s): | |
Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic |
This language has | 30 segments |
Its Frequency index is | 0.448115299 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: | p t c k b d dj g b< d< dj< X h s S m n nj N r.[ r l j w i "e a O u "@ |
Comment: | Thelwall reports a "systematic phonetic inventory" for the Daju group. The language is not tonal. |
Source(s): | Thelwall, R. 1981. Lexicostatistical subgrouping and lexical reconstruction of the Daju group. In T. Schadeberg and L. Bender, eds., Nilo-Saharan. Foris, Dordrecht. Tucker, A.N., Bryan, M.A. 1966. Linguistic Analyses: the Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. Oxford University Press for International African Institute, London. |