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Caodeng rGyalrong

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: rGyalrongic

Lat/lon: 32.15233, 101.70513

ISO code: jya

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dc, cʰ, ɟk, kʰ, ɡq, qʰʔ
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒʂx, ɣχ, ʁ
affricatets, tsʰ, dztʃ, tʃʰ, dʒʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl̥, l

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelaruvular
stopⁿbⁿdⁿɟⁿɡⁿɢ
affricateⁿdzⁿdʒⁿɖʐ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛɔ
near-openɐ
opena

Diphthongs

/ɐi̯/, /oi̯/

Licit syllabic templates

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

Source: Sun, Jackson T.-S. 2003. Caodeng rGyalrong. In LaPolla, Randy J., and Graham Thurgood (eds.) Sino-Tibetan Languages. London: Routledge, 409–502.

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