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Dhivehi (Malé)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 4.1754959, 73.509347

ISO code: div

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stoppʰ, bt̪ʰ, d̪ʈʰ, ɖcʰ, ɟkʰ, g
tapɾ
fricativef, vsʂh
nasalmnɲ
approximantj
lateral approximantlɭ

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialdentalretroflexvelar
stopⁿbⁿd̪ⁿɖⁿg

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open

Long series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
near-openæː
openäː

Diphthongs

/äu̯/

Licit initial clusters

Licit finals

ŋ, s, ʔ, f, l

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Cain, Bruce Dwayne. 2000. Dhivehi (Maldivian): a synchronic and diachronic study. Cornell University

Comments: Some other unstable phonemes might enter through Arabic borrowings.

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)