Language name: | LUGBARA |
UPSID number: | 4215 |
Alternate name(s): | |
Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic |
This language has | 36 segments |
Its Frequency index is | 0.375400345 (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 tD dD dD* k kp g gb f v m ? h i I e E 3 a u U o O j j* w w* b* ts dz s z n r l[ |
Comment: | Lugbara has a basic two-level tone system. Vowels divide into two vowel harmony series with the higher of each pair (i/I etc.) belonging to one set. |
Source(s): | Anderson, T. 1986. Tone splitting and vowel quality: evidence from Lugbara. Studies in African Linguistics 17:55-68. Crazzolara, J.P. 1960. A Study of the Logvara (Ma'di) Language. Oxford University Press, London. Tucker, A.N. and Bryan, M.A. 1966. Linguistic Analyses: the Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. Oxford University Press for International African Institute, London. |