Fuzhou
WALS coordinates: 26° N, 119° 30′ E
spoken in China, Malaysia, Thailand
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| Consonant Inventories | Small | |
| Vowel Quality Inventories | Large (7-14) | |
| Consonant-Vowel Ratio | Moderately low | |
| Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives | No voicing constrast | |
| Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems | None missing in /p t k b d g/ | |
| Uvular Consonants | None | |
| Glottalized Consonants | No glottalized consonants | |
| Lateral Consonants | /l/, no obstruent laterals | |
| Front Rounded Vowels | High and mid | |
| Syllable Structure | Moderately complex | |
| Tone | Complex tone system | |
| Absence of Common Consonants | All present | |
| Presence of Uncommon Consonants | None | |
