Language name: |
AWIYA |
UPSID number: |
4359 |
Alternate name(s): |
AWNGI |
Classification: |
Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic |
This language has |
35 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.373139056 (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
"t
d.
k
kW
g
gW
q
qW
G
GW
"ts
"dz
tS
dZ
f
"s
"z
S
m
"n
N
NW
"l
"r[
i
"e
i_
a
u
"o
j
w
aa
|
Comment: |
"Length is relevant for consonants, but geminate consonants occur relatively seldom." (Hetzron) 'Ash' can be derived from "a palatal element and /a/ at a morpheme boundary" but some forms are fossilized and can be cited to justify the 6-vowel analysis. Probably tonal. |
Source(s): |
Hetzron, R. 1969. The Verbal System of Southern Agaw. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. |