Language name: |
SALIBA |
UPSID number: |
6861 |
Alternate name(s): |
SALIVA |
Classification: |
South American, Equatorial |
This language has |
32 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.396687916 (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
kW
?
b
d
g
gW
tS
dZ
P
x
h
B
s
m
n
n_
r[
r
l
i
"e
a
"o
u
i~
"e~
a~
"o~
u~
|
Comment: |
Saliba is spoken mainly along the river Meta in Colombia. The language seems to have a pitch accent system. Voiced bilabial fricative is realised as [w] next to a rounded vowel. |
Source(s): |
Benaissa, T. 1979. Fonologia del Saliba. Sistemas Fonologicos de Idiomas Colombianos 4: 89-98. |