Language name: |
YIDINY |
UPSID number: |
8370 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Australian, Pama-Nyungan |
This language has |
16 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.534645233 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
b
d
dj
g
m
n
nj
N
r
l
r.A
j
w
i
u
a
|
Comment: |
All three vowels may appear long in non-initial syllables. "Stops are almost always voiced. Partly voiced allophones are sometimes encountered word-initially." (Dixon 1977: 32) |
Source(s): |
Dixon, R.M.W. 1977. A Grammar of Yidiny. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, London, New York. |