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Mongolian (Khalkha)
Phylum: Mongolic
Genus: Oirat-Khalkha
Lat/lon: 48.0, 107.0
ISO code: mon
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | uvular |
| stop | b, pʰ | | d̪̥, t̪ʰ | | | | g, kʰ | ɢ |
| trill | | | | r | | | | |
| fricative | | | s̪ | | ʃ | | | χ |
| affricate | | | d̪z̪, t̪s̪ʰ | | dʒ, tʃʰ | | | |
| lateral fricative | | | | ɮ | | | | |
| nasal | m | | n̪ | | | | ŋ | |
| approximant | | w̜ | | | | j | | |
Short palatalised series
| bilabial | labio-velar | alveolar | velar | uvular |
| stop | bʲ, pʰʲ | | d̥ʲ, tʰʲ | gʲ | |
| trill | | | rʲ | | |
| fricative | | | | | χʲ |
| lateral fricative | | | ɮʲ | | |
| nasal | mʲ | | nʲ | | |
| approximant | | w̜ʲ | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| close | i | | u, ɯ |
| near-close | | | ʊ |
| close-mid | e | ɵ | |
| open-mid | | | ɔ |
| open | | ä | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | | | uː |
| near-close | | | ʊː |
| close-mid | eː | | oː |
| open-mid | | | ɔː |
| open | | äː | |
Licit syllabic templates
(C)V(V)(C)(C)(C)
Source: Тодаева, Б.Х. 1951. Грамматика современного монгольского языка. Фонетика и морфология. Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР
Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)