Language name: |
HAMER |
UPSID number: |
4365 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Afro-Asiatic, Omotic |
This language has |
35 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.357174533 (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
b<
d
t
d<
c
dj
g
g<
q'
ts
z
s
S
m
n
nj
N
w
r[
l
j
h
I9
"e9
O9
U9
i
e
a_
o
u
49
k
|
Comment: |
Plain and pharyngealized (possibly [-ATR]) vowels form vowel harmony sets. Plain vowels dominate in assimilation. Hamer is possibly tonal. |
Source(s): |
Lydall, J. 1976. Hamer. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing: 393-438. |