| Language name: | SHILHA |
| UPSID number: | 4356 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Berber |
| This language has | 31 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.324654889 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | b "t "t9 "d "d9 k k9 g f "s "s9 "z "z9 S Z x gF m "n "l "l9 h 9 i aa u w j H "r "r9 |
| Comment: | The pharyngealized dental/alveolar consonants are described as "domal". Applegate posits an element /:/ which adds "tension" to a preceding consonant and shortens the preceding vowel. Other analyses would treat this as gemination. All consonants except perhaps /9,w,j/ seem to occur geminate. |
| Source(s): | Applegate, J.R. 1958. An Outline of the Structure of Shilha. American Council of Learned Societies, New York. |