Language name: |
NONI |
UPSID number: |
4139 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Niger-Kordofanian, Bantoid |
This language has |
33 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.376201035 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
"t
k
?
b
"d
g
tS
dZ
f
"s
S
m
"n
nj
N
"l
j
w
i
U
o
"@
E
O
a
i:
u:
o:
"e:
E:
O:
a:
gA
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Comment: |
Noni has 3 level tones. All two-tone sequences apart from MH also occur on monosyllables. Short /U/ conditions a labio-dental fricative offglide from a preceding stop. |
Source(s): |
Hyman, L.M. 1981. Noni Grammatical Structure, with special rreference to verb morphology. Southern California Occasional Papers in Linguistics no.9 |