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Ilocano

Phylum: Austronesian

Genus: Philippine

Lat/lon: 16.6, 120.3

ISO code: ilo

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt̪, d̪g, kʔ
trillr
fricativesʃh
affricatetʃ, dʒ
nasalmŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximant

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɯ, u
close-mido
open-midɛ
open

Licit finals

p, b, m, t̪, d̪, n̪, s, l̪, r, j, w, ŋ, g, k

Licit syllabic templates

CV(C)

Source: Galvez Rubino, Carl Ralph. 1997. A reference grammar of Ilocano. Santa Barbara: University of California

Comments: /dʒ/ and /ʃ/ do not exist underlyingly, resulting from palatalization.

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