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Mah Meri

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Aslian

Lat/lon: 2.634804, 101.72108

ISO code: mhe

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, b, pʰt, d, tʰk, g, kʰʔ
tapɾ
fricativesh
affricatetɕ, dʑ, tɕʰ
nasalm̥, mn̥, nɲ̊, ɲŋ̊, ŋ
approximantw, ʍjɰ
lateral approximantl̥, l

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɨ̞ɯ, u
close-mideo
midə
open-midɛɔ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeɯ̃, ũ
close-mid
midə̃
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃
open

Short breathy voiced series

frontcentralback
closeɯ̤, ṳ
close-mid
midə̤
open-midɛ̤ɔ̤
open

Source: Kruspe, Nicole; and John Hajek. 2009. Mah Meri. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 39.241–248.

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