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Gujarati (Standard)

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 23.0, 72.5

ISO code: guj

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖk, kʰ, g
tapɾ
lateral tapɺ
fricativefsʃɦ
affricatetʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ
nasalmnɳ
approximantʋj
lateral approximantl

Short breathy voiced series

bilabialdentalretroflexvelar
stopb̤ʱd̪̤ʱɖ̤ʱg̤ʱ

Short breathy voiced breathy voiced series

postalveolar
affricated̤ʒ̤ʱ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛɔ
near-openæ
open

Short breathy voiced series

frontcentralback
close
midə̤
open-midɛ̤ɔ̤
openä̤

Long nasalised series

front
closeĩː

Short long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeuː̃
midəː̃
open-midɛː̃ɔː̃
openäː̃

Long breathy voiced nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩ̤ːṳ̃ː
midə̤̃ː
open-midɛ̤̃ːɔ̤̃ː
openä̤̃ː

Licit initial clusters

Cɾ, Cj, Cʋ, Cl, gn, kʃ, sn, sm, sp, st̪, sʈ, sk, st̪ɾ, spɾ, smɾ

Source: Mistry, P.J. 1997. Gujarati phonology. Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus), volume 1. Edited by: Alan S. Kaye. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns

Comments: There might also be a marginal /z/.

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