Language name: SHIRIANA
UPSID number: 6855
Alternate name(s):
Classification: South American, Chibchan
This language has 25 segments
Its Frequency index is 0.407361419 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments)
The language has these sounds: p "t k "th tS h "s S m "n "r[ j w i "e a "o uu "@ i~ "e~ a~ "o~ uu~ "@~
Comment: Nasalized vowels occur in nasalized feet, in which all vowels must be nasalized. /j/ and /r/ also have nasalized allophones in these positions but nasalization of /w/ is not mentioned.
Source(s): Migliazza, E. and Grimes, J. 1961. Shiriana phonology. Anthropological Linguistics 3.6:31-44.

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