Mwaghavul language

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Mwaghavul's dialects include Takas.[3] The Mupun people is a related ethnic group.

Mwaghavul has one of the most elaborate systems of logophoricity known in any language.

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate
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Mwaghavul has 6 vowels: /a, e, i, ɨ, o, u/.[4]

Vowels
Front Central Back
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References

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Further reading

  • Roger Blench, Mwaghavul - English dictionaryScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., unpublished.
  • Zygmunt Frajzyngier. 1993. A Grammar of Mupun. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag.

External links

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