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Thakali

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: TGMT

Lat/lon: 28.79, 83.68

ISO code: ths

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabialalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelar
stopp, pʰt, tʰʈk, kʰ
trillr, r̥
fricatives
affricatets, tsʰ
lateral fricativeɬ
nasalmnŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
openaɒ

Diphthongs

/aj/, /ej/, /oj/, /uj/

Tones

43, 45, 33, 51

Licit initial clusters

Cj/l/r

Licit finals

n, ŋ, m, j, r, l

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Georg, Stefan. 1996. Marphatan Thakali: Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Dorfes Marpha im Oberen Kāli-Gaṇḍaki-Tal/Nepal. LINCOM studies in Asian linguistics 2. München [i.e.] Unterschleissheim: LINCOM Europa.

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