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Khalong Tibetan

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 32.10872, 100.98728

ISO code:

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dc, cʰ, ɟk, kʰ, ɡq, qʰ
trillr
fricativefsʃʂxχ
affricatets, tsʰtʃ, tʃʰ, dʒʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ
nasalm, m̥n, n̥ɲ, ɲ̊ŋ, ŋ̊
approximantj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelar
stopⁿpʰ, ⁿbⁿtʰ, ⁿdⁿcʰ, ⁿɟⁿkʰ, ⁿɡ
affricateⁿtsʰ, ⁿdzⁿtʃʰ, ⁿdʒⁿɖʐ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
opena

Licit finals

p,m, t, n, x, ŋ, χ, r, l

Licit syllabic templates

(С)(С)V(C)

Source: Sun, Jackson T.-S. 2007. Perfective stem renovation in Khalong Tibetan. In Bielmeier, Roland, and Felix Haller (eds.) Linguistics of the Himalayas and Beyond. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 323–340.

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