Language name: | BERTA |
UPSID number: | 4218 |
Alternate name(s): | |
Classification: | Nilo-Saharan, Berta |
This language has | 29 segments |
Its Frequency index is | 0.388332441 (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 w 0D "d "s "n "r "l dZ S j k' g N ? h mb Ng i "e a "o u "d< "nd "s' P |
Comment: | Triulzi et al. report all vowels appear long and geminate consonants also occur. Tone and stress may both be contrastive. |
Source(s): | Triulzi, A., Dafallah, A.A., and Bender, M.L. 1976. Berta. In M.L. Bender (ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia. African Studies Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing: 513-32. |