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Mara (Lakher)

Phylum: Sino-Tibetan

Genus: Kuki-Chin

Lat/lon: 22.229438, 93.223042

ISO code: mrh

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, pʰ, bt, tʰ, dk, kʰ
trillr, r̥
fricativef, vs, zh
affricatetɕ, tɕʰ, dʑ
nasalm, m̥n, n̥ŋ
approximantwɹ̥j
lateral approximantl, l̥

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, y, i̞ɨu, u̞
close-mide, øo
openɑ, ɑ̞

Diphthongs

/ɐʊ/, /øɪ/

Tones

11, 33, 55

Licit initial clusters

tl, tl̥, Cw, Cj

Source: Michelle Arden. 2010. A Phonetic, Phonological, and Morphosyntactic Analysis of the Mara Language. MA thesis. San Jose State University.

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