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Humla Bhotia

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 30.307, 81.649

ISO code: hut

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dʈ, ʈʰ, ɖc, cʰ, ɟk, kʰ, g
trillr, r̥
fricatives, zʃ, ʒh
affricatets, tsʰ, dztʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolarretroflexvelar
stopⁿbⁿdⁿɖⁿg
affricateⁿdzⁿdʒ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-mide, øo
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yː
close-mideː, øː
open

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩ, ỹ
close-midẽ, ø̃
open

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩː, ỹːũː
close-midẽː, ø̃ːõː
openãː

Tones

51, 15

Licit finals

p, t, k, r

Licit syllabic templates

(С)(С)V(C)

Source: Wilde, Christopher P. 2001. Preliminary phonological analysis of the Limi dialect of Humla Bhotia. M.A. Thesis. University of Helsinki. http://doria17-kk.lib.helsinki.fi/handle/10024/5706.

Comments: Initial clusters with [w].

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)