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Puxi

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Qiangic

Lat/lon: 31.526355, 103.258162

ISO code: jih

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelaruvular
stopp, pʰ, bt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪k, kʰ, gq, qʰ
fricativefs, zʂ, ʐɕχ, ʁ
affricatet̪s̪, t̪s̪ʰ, d̪z̪ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐtɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasalm, m̩n̪, n̪̩ɲŋ, ŋ̩
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu, u˞
close-mide, e˞o
midə, ə˞
openaɑ, ɑ˞

Diphthongs

/ei/, /ai/, /əi/, /əu/, /ou/, /ɑu/, /ie/, /iu/, /io/, /ui/, /ue/, /ua/, /uə/, /uɑ/, /uɑ˞/, /yi/, /ye/, /ya/

Licit initial clusters

FC, (F)B+z/ʐ/ʑ

Licit finals

p, t̪s̪, m, n̪, ŋ, l, s, z, ʂ

Licit syllabic templates

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

Source: Huang, Chenglong. 2004. A Reference Grammar of the Puxi Variety of Qiang. City University of Hong Kong.

Comments: F — fricative, B — bilabial

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