Language name: |
DANGALEAT |
UPSID number: |
4374 |
Alternate name(s): |
DANGLA |
Classification: |
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic |
This language has |
28 segments |
Its Frequency index is |
0.433322775 (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
c
k
b
"d
dj
g
b<
"d<
dj<
S
Z
m
"n
nj
N
"r
l_
j
w
i
e
E
a
O
o
u
|
Comment: |
Dangaleat is spoken in a mountainous area of central Chad near Mongo. There are 2 level tones. Vowels appear both long and short in the first syllable of words. All consonants can be geminated. |
Source(s): |
Fedry, J. 1977. Apercu sur la phonologie et la tonologie de quatre langues du groupe "Mubi-Karbo" (Guera) (Dangaleat-est, Dangaleat-ouest, Bidiyo, Dyongor). Etudes Phonologiques Chadiennes, Caprile. |