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Bhojpuri

Phylum: Indo-European

Genus: Indo-Aryan

Lat/lon: 25.466155, 84.5222189

ISO code: bho

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalalveolarretroflexpalatalvelar
stopp, pʰ, b, bʰt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰc, cʰ, ɟ, ɟʰk, kʰ, g, gʰ
trillr, rʰ
tapɽ, ɽʰ
fricatives
nasalm, mʰn, nʰŋ, ŋʰ
approximantwj
lateral approximantl, lʰ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu
close-mideo
open-midʌ
opena

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
close
close-mid
open-midʌ̃
open

Diphthongs

/ãĩ/, /ai/, /au/, /ãũ/

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

(N)C

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)(C)

Source: Verma, Mahindra K. 2003. Bhojpuri. The Indo-Aryan Languages, ed. by Dhanesh Jain and George Cardona. Routledge.

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