Yeyi
WALS coordinates: 20° S, 23° 30′ E
Alternative Names
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Features
| Feature | Value | References |
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| Phonology | ||
| Consonant Inventories | Large | |
| Vowel Quality Inventories | Average (5-6) | |
| Consonant-Vowel Ratio | High | |
| Voicing in Plosives and Fricatives | In both plosives and fricatives | |
| Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems | None missing in /p t k b d g/ | |
| Uvular Consonants | None | |
| Glottalized Consonants | Ejectives only | |
| Lateral Consonants | Laterals, but no /l/, no obstruent laterals | |
| Front Rounded Vowels | None | |
| Syllable Structure | Moderately complex | |
| Tone | Simple tone system | |
| Absence of Common Consonants | All present | |
| Presence of Uncommon Consonants | Clicks | |
| Nominal Categories | ||
| Occurrence of Nominal Plurality | All nouns, always obligatory | |
| Complex Sentences | ||
| 'Want' Complement Subjects | Subject is left implicit | |
