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Shixing

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 28.278134, 100.650617

ISO code: sxg

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velardentalretroflexalveolo-palatalpalatalvelaruvularglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt̪, t̪ʰ, d̪k, kʰ, gq, qʰʔ
trill
fricatives̪, z̪ʂ, ʐɕ, ʑxχ, ʁh, ɦ
affricatet̪s̪, t̪s̪ʰ, d̪z̪ʈʂ, ʈʂʰ, ɖʐtɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
lateral fricativeɬ̪
nasalm, m̥n̪, n̥̪ɲŋ
approximantwj
lateral approximant

Short pre-nasalised series

bilabialdentalretroflexalveolo-palatalvelaruvular
stopⁿbⁿd̪ⁿgⁿɢ
affricateⁿd̪z̪ⁿɖʐⁿdʑ

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yu
close-mideɘ, ɵo
midə˞
open-midɜ
near-openæ
openaɑ

Short nasalised series

frontcentralback
closeĩ, ỹ
close-midɘ̃
open-midɛ̃ɔ̃
near-openæ̃
openɑ̃

Apical vowels

/z̩/

Diphthongs

/iɜ/, /iɛ̃/, /iæ/, /yĩ/, /iæ̃/, /yi/, /yɜ/, /yæ/, /ui/, /uɜ/, /uæ/, /ua/, /uɛ̃/, /uã/, /uɑ̃/

Tones

55, 15, 51

Licit finals

n

Licit syllabic templates

(C)(G/r)V(n)

Source: Chirkova, Katia. 2009. Shixing, a Sino-Tibetan language of South-West China: A grammatical sketch with two appended texts. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman area.32.1.1-90.

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