Language name: |
SHILHA |
UPSID number: |
4356 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Afro-Asiatic, Berber |
This language has |
31 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.324654889 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
b
"t
"t9
"d
"d9
k
k9
g
f
"s
"s9
"z
"z9
S
Z
x
gF
m
"n
"l
"l9
h
9
i
aa
u
w
j
H
"r
"r9
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Comment: |
The pharyngealized dental/alveolar consonants are described as "domal". Applegate posits an element /:/ which adds "tension" to a preceding consonant and shortens the preceding vowel. Other analyses would treat this as gemination. All consonants except perhaps /9,w,j/ seem to occur geminate. |
Source(s): |
Applegate, J.R. 1958. An Outline of the Structure of Shilha. American Council of Learned Societies, New York. |