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Temiar

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Aslian

Lat/lon: 5.0, 101.5

ISO code: tea

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt, dc, ɟk, gʔ
tapɾ
fricativesh
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

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closeiʉu
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

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closeʉː
close-mid
midəː
open-midɛːɔː
open

Short nasalised series

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closeʉ̃
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃
open

Long nasalised series

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closeĩːʉ̃ːũː
open-midɛ̃ːɔ̃ː
openãː

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit syllabic templates

CV(C)

Source: Benjamin, Geoffrey. 1976. An Outline of Temiar Grammar. Austroasiatic Studies Part I, 129–187. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.

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