Language name: |
KOHUMONO |
UPSID number: |
4136 |
Alternate name(s): |
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Classification: |
Niger-Kordofanian, Cross River |
This language has |
38 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.357334578 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
The language has these sounds: |
t
ph
th
kh
kWh
kph
b
d
g
gW
gb
b<
tS
dZ
f
h
B
v
s
z
m
n
nj
N
NW
r
j
w
i
I
e
E
a
O
o
U
u
@
|
Comment: |
Kohumono is tentatively analyzed as having three level tones. /i,e,@,o,u/ form one vowel harmony set in opposition to the other vowels. Vowel harmony appears to be based on tongue root position. |
Source(s): |
Cook, T.L. 1969. Some tentative notes on the KoHumono language. Rsearch Notes (Dept. of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ibadan) 2.3:1-49. |