Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: East Bodish

Lat/lon: 27.728893, 91.175053

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

	bilabial	labio-velar	dental	alveolar	retroflex	palatal	velar	glottal
stop	p, pʰ, b		t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪		ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ	c, cʰ, ɟ	k, kʰ, g	ʔ
trill				r
fricative				s, z		ç		h
affricate			t̪s̪, t̪s̪ʰ
lateral fricative				ɬ
nasal	m			n		ɲ	ŋ
approximant		w				j
lateral approximant				l

Vowels

Basic short series

	front	back
close	i	u
close-mid	e	o
open		ɑ

Long series

	front	back
close	iː	uː
close-mid	eː	oː
open		ɑː

Diphthongs

/iu/, /ui/, /oi/, /ɑu/

Tones

55, 11

Licit initial clusters

pr, pj, pʰj, pʰr, br, bj, bl, mr, mj, kw, kʰw, ge

Licit finals

p, t, k, s, m, n, ŋ, r, l

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)