Language name: IK
UPSID number: 4208
Alternate name(s): TEUSO
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, East Sudanic
This language has 44 segments
Its Frequency index is 0.325992743 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments)
The language has these sounds: b b< m w f tD dD dD< nD ts' ts dz s z r "tlF' "hlF "lF "l tS dZ nj j dj< g< k g k' N h i I e a O o u E hi "he ha "ho hu p
Comment: The voiceless vowels are restricted to word-final position, but devoicing does not seem to be predicatble from any other factor. There may be three level tones.
Source(s): Heine, B. 1975b. Ik - eine ostafrikanische Restsprache. Afrika und Ubersee 59: 31-56.

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