Language name: |
SUI |
UPSID number: |
2403 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Austro-Tai, Li-Kam-Tai |
This language has |
54 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.272891517 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
p
ph
"t
"th
"d
k
kh
q
qh
?
b
"d*
ts
tsh
tS
tSh
P
"s
"z
S
x
gF
RF
gF*
hm
m
"hn
"n
nj
m*
"n*
nj*
N*
hN
N
"l
w
j
h
w*
j*
i
"e
a
"o
u
"@
3
b*
hnj
kW
kWh
NW
hNW
|
Comment: |
Sui is spoken in the districts of Sandu and Libo in Guizhou and district of Nandan in Gungxi in China. Sui has 6 tones in non-checked syllables, but only 2 iun syllables ending in /p,t,k/. Since /-w/ only occurs with velars these have been interpreted as labialized velars. |
Source(s): |
Li, F-K. 1948. The distribution of initials and tones in the Sui language. Language 244: 160-7. |