Language name: MAUNG
UPSID number: 8350
Alternate name(s):
Classification: Australian, Yiwaidjan
This language has 22 segments
Its Frequency index is 0.423503326 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments)
The language has these sounds: p m t n t. n. k N gF l l. r rA j r.[ i E a O u t_ n_
Comment: Maung plosives are "voiceless lenes". They "tend to be voiced in the pre-stop position and voiceless in the post-stop and word-final position. Following the nasals they are voiced, and elsewhere they freely vary between voiced and voiceless." (Capell and Hinch, 1970:21).
Source(s): Capell, C. and Hinch, H.E. 1970. Maung Grammar. Mouton, The Hague.

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