| Language name: | KEFA |
| UPSID number: | 4364 |
| Alternate name(s): | GONGA |
| Classification: | Afro-Asiatic, Omotic |
| This language has | 27 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.482056336 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | b p p' "d "t "t' g k k' f S m "n w "rr "l j ? h i "e a "o u dZ tS tS' |
| Comment: | Fleming states "Two or three tones are phonemic but unimportant in comparison to features of length and stress." Vowels may appear both long and short. |
| Source(s): | Fleming, H.C. 1976. Kefa (Gonga) Languages. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing: 351-76. |