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Language	Type(s) of metathesis	Family
Aghem	a. CV	Niger-Congo
Ahtna	a. CC, b. CC, c. CV	Na-Dene
Alsea	a. CV	Penutian
Amharic	a. CV, b. CV, c. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Andi	a. CC	Northeast Caucasian
Anguthimri	—	Pama-Nyungan
Arabic (Bedouin)	a. CV	Afro-Asiatic
Arabic (Palestinian)	a. CV	Afro-Asiatic
Armenian	a. CV, b. CC	Indo-European
Avestan	a. CV, b. CC	Indo-European
Awngthim	—	Pama-Nyungan
Aymara	a. CC	Aymaran
Balangao	a. CC	Austronesian
Basaa	a. CC	Niger-Congo
Birom	a. CV	Niger-Congo
Bonggi	a. CV, b. CV	Austronesian
Cayuga	a. CV	Iroquoian
Cebuano	a. CC, b. CC, c. CC, d. CC	Austronesian
Chawchila	a. CV, b. CC	Penutian
Cheremis	a. CC	Uralic
Cherokee	a. CC/CV	Iroquoian
Chimakuan/Chimakum	a. CC	Chimakuan
Clallam	a. CC/CV	Salishan
Deg	a. CC	Niger-Congo
Dongolese Nubian	—	Nilo-Saharan
Eggon	a. CV	Niger-Congo
Ekegusii	a. CC, b. CC	Niger-Congo
Elmolo	a. CC	Afro-Asiatic
English (Middle)	a. CC, b. CV	Indo-European
English (North American)	a. CC/CV	Indo-European
English (Old)	a. CC, b. CC, c. CV	Indo-European
Estonian (Southern)	a. CC	Uralic
Faroese	a. CC	Indo-European
Finnish	a. CC	Uralic
French (Bagnères-de-Luchon)	a. CV	Indo-European
French (Cajun)	a. CV	Indo-European
French (Jersey)	a. CV, b. CC	Indo-European
French (Le Havre)	—	Indo-European
Fur	a. CC/CV	Nilo-Saharan
Gascon	a. CC/CV	Indo-European
Gedeo	a. CC, b. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Georgian	a. CC/CV	Kartvelian
Gidole	a. CC, b. CC, c. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Greek (Attic)	a. CC	Indo-European
Greek (Classical)	a. CC, b. CC, c. CC, d. CC	Indo-European
Greenlandic (West)	a. CC	Eskimo-Aleut
Hadiyya	a. CC, b. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Hanunóo	a. CC, b. CV	Austronesian
Harari	a. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Hebrew	a. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Hiliganyon	a. CC	Austronesian
Hixkaryana	a. CC, b. CV	Carib
Hua	a. CC	Trans-New-Guinea
Hungarian	a. CC	Uralic
Ilocano	a. CC	Austronesian
Irish (Old)	a. CC/CV	Indo-European
Kabardian	a. CV	Northwestern Caucasian
Kambata	a. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Kasem	a. CV	Niger-Congo
Kashmiri	a. CV, b. CC	Indo-European
Koasati	a. CV	Muskogean
Koshin	a. CV	Niger-Congo
Kota	a. CC	Dravidian
Kui	a. CC	Dravidian
Kuvi	a. CV, b. CC	Dravidian
Kwara'ae (Fiu)	a. CV	Austronesian
Lama	a. CV	Niger-Congo
Lenakel	a. CV	Austronesian
Leti	a. CV, b. CV	Austronesian
Lithuanian	a. CC, b. CC, c. CC/CV	Indo-European
Lummi	a. CV	Salishan
Mabalay Ayatal	a. CC/CV	Austronesian
Magadhi	a. CC	Indo-European
Maltese	a. CV	Afro-Asiatic
Mandaic	a. CC, b. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Maori	a. CV	Austronesian
Mikasuki	a. CV	Muskogean
Mohawk	a. CV	Iroquoian
Mokilese	a. CC	Austronesian
Mordvin	a. CC	Uralic
Mutsun	a. CC, b. CV	Penutian
Nganyaywana	a. CV	Pama-Nyungan
Nivaĉle	a. CV	Mataguayan
Nle?kepmxcín	a. CV	Salishan
Noni	a. CV	Niger-Congo
Nyungar (Nyunga)	a. CV	Pama-Nyungan
Oromo	a. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Pawnee	a. CC	Caddoan
Persian	a. CC	Indo-European
Quechua (Ayacucho)	a. CC	Quechuan
Quechua (Cuzco)	a. CC	Quechuan
Quechua (Huallaga)	a. CC/CV, b. CC	Quechuan
Quechua (Incahuasi)	a. CV	Quechuan
Quileute	a. CC	Chimakuan
Rendille	a. CC, b. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Ririo	a. CV	Austronesian
Roma	a. CC, b. CV, c. CC	Austronesian
Rotuman	a. CV	Austronesian
Saanich	a. CV, b. CV	Salishan
Sardinian (Campidenese)	a. CC/CV	Indo-European
Sidamo	a. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Sierra Miwok	a. CV	Penutian
Sinhalese (Sinhala)	a. CC	Indo-European
Somali	a. CC, b. CC	Afro-Asiatic
Sorbian (Upper)	a. CV	Indo-European
Spanish (Old)	a. CC, b. CC	Indo-European
Tagalog	a. CC	Austronesian
Tiene	a. CC	Niger-Congo
Tubatulabal	a. CC	Uto-Aztecan
Turkana	a. CC	Nilo-Saharan
Twana	a. CC, b. CC	Salishan
Udi	a. CC, b. CC	Northeast Caucasian
West Saxon	a. CV	Indo-European
Wichita	a. CC	Caddoan
Yagua	a. CC	Peba-Yaguan
Yawelmani	a. CC, b. CV	Penutian
Zoque	a. CC, b. CC	Mixe-Zoquean