| Language name: | ALAWA |
| UPSID number: | 8354 |
| Alternate name(s): | |
| Classification: | Australian, Maran |
| This language has | 26 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.318864063 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | m n n. N r j n_ nd_ mb nd nd. Ng w l l. l_ I a "e UU p t t_ t. k rA |
| Comment: | Plosives vary in perceived voicing. Prenasalized stops can be distinguished from homorganic nasal + plosive on the basis of syllabification. The contrast between retroflex and alveolar is limited to intervocalic positions. /e/ seems to be a recent development from /a/. |
| Source(s): | Sharpe, M. 1972. Alawa Phonology and Grammar (Australian Aboriginal Studies 37). Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. |