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Southwestern Pashto (Kandahar)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Iranic

Lat/lon: 31.6, 65.7

ISO code: pbt

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelar
stoppʰ, bt̪ʰ, d̪ʈʰ, ɖkʰ, g
tapɽ
fricatives, zʃ, ʒʂ, ʐx, ɣ
affricatetsʰ, dztʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantwj

Short nasalised series

retroflex
tapɽ̃

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ
midə
opena

Long series

frontback
close-mid
openɑː

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Elfenbein, Josef. 1997. Pashto phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 733–760. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns

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