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Kyirong Tibetan

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Tibetic

Lat/lon: 28.854444, 85.296667

ISO code: kgy

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolarretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dʈ, ʈʰ, ɖc, cʰ, ɟk, kʰ, g
trillr
fricatives, zɕ, ʑh, ɦ
affricatets, tsʰ, dztɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, l̥

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialalveolaralveolo-palatal
stopⁿbⁿd
affricateⁿdzⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-mide, øo
open-midɛ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yː
close-mideː, øː
open-midɛː
open

Short nasalised series

front
close-mid

Long nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeỹːũː
close-midø̃ːõː
open-midɛ̃ː
openãː

Tones

55, 51, 34, 31, 12, 21

Licit finals

p, m, ŋ, j, r

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(C)V(C)

Source: Hall, T. Alan; and Kristine A. Hildebrandt. 2008. Phonological and morphological domains in Kyirong Tibetan. Linguistics 46.215–248.

Comments: Initial clusters consisting of bilabials coupled with [r] or [j] (xpt [bj]).

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