| Language name: | AZANDE |
| UPSID number: | 4130 |
| Alternate name(s): | ZANDE |
| Classification: | Niger-Kordofanian, Ubangi (Eastern) |
| This language has | 35 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.378650618 (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 m f v kp gb w t d s z nj j k g h n i I a 3 U u i~ a~ 3~ u~ l[ E I~ E~ O~ U~ O |
| Comment: | Azande has two basic level tones. Vowel harmony opposes close "hollow" vowels i,u,3 to open "hard" vowels I,E,a,O,U. |
| Source(s): | Tucker, A.N. and Hackett, P.E. 1959. Le Groupe Linguistique Zande (Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie en 8, Sciences Humaines, 22). Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. |