Language name: KOHUMONO
UPSID number: 4136
Alternate name(s):
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.

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