Language name: |
TERA |
UPSID number: |
4375 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic (Wuyo dialect) |
This language has |
48 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.289495565 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
pJ
t
k
kW
b
d
g
gW
b<
bJ<
d<
dj<
g<
mb
nd
Ng
NgW
C,
z,
f
x
xW
v
vJ
gF
gFW
s
z
hlF
lF
m
n
nj
N
l
j
w
i
i_
u
"e
"o
a
r
cC
djjF
ndjjF
|
Comment: |
Tera is spoken in an area east of Gombe in northern Nigeria. Tera has 3 level tones. |
Source(s): |
Newman, P. 1970. A grammar of Tera. UCPL no. 57. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. |