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Ho (Mayurbhanj)

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Munda

Lat/lon: 22.0086978, 86.41873

ISO code: hoc

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt, dʈ, ɖc, ɟk, gʔ
trillr
tapɽ
fricativesh
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open

Diphthongs

/au/, /ai/, /oe/

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

p, ʔ, b, d, ɖ, ɟ, g, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, r, l, w, j

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Anderson, Gregory D.S.; Toshiki Osada; and K. David Harrison. 2008. Ho and the other Kherwarian languages. The Munda Languages, ed. by Gregory D.S. Anderson. Routledge language family series. London: Routledge.

Comments: “The phonemic status of ɳ is dubious as is the opposition of ɲ and ŋ”.

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